LevelItem
Ref NoEHS/G/16/48
Alt Ref NoO/2901 (front only)
Title[Naval battle] and [Sketches for the Golden Jubilee?]
Date[c1887?]
Extent2 drawings
DescriptionPencil drawings of: [front] two sailing ships of the line: the one on the left flies the Union jack and resembles HMS VICTORY, the one on the right flies what appears to be the Spanish ensign and has three boats with men near it; [back] a series of sketches -- [top] a bagpiger, a charicature [Robinson Crusoe?], a naval officer in Napoleonic uniform, and [a charictature of a German officer?]; [centre] thistles labelled "SCOTLAND", shamrocks labelled "IRELAND", an imperial eagle labelled "FRANCE", and a double-headed eagle labelled "GERMANY"; [bottom] a curtain pulled back to reveal the royal arms with "1837" and "1887" above the supporters [centre], a Native American in a feather headdress and war paint with a spear labelled "AMERICA" [left] and a dark-skinned man with a hook labelled "ASIA".
CategoryIllustrations
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