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A Third-rate entering Port Mahon. A third-rate, two-decker, 74-gun warship is shown flying the red ensign and private pennant on the left of the picture, in the outer part of Port Mahon harbour, Minorca. A ship of this size could have been used for lying
1820
National Maritime Museum

Sir William Herschel (1738-1822). The original Artaud portrait was commissioned by William Herschel's son, John Frederick William Herschel in 1819. This oil on canvas copy was made from a painting commissioned by Bertie Greatheed, a friend of the fam
1820
National Maritime Museum

The East Indiamen 'Minerva', 'Scaleby Castle' and 'Charles Grant'. A group of ships belonging to the East India Company are shown in fair weather with Table Mountain, Cape Town, in the background on the right. The ship on the
1820
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853. Full-length portrait facing left, in vice-admiral's full-dress uniform, 1812-25, with the ribbon and star of the GCB. On the table to the left is his hat behind some books and papers. He wears a sword to h
1820
National Maritime Museum