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PAF5617
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
| Vessels | Grappler (1845) |
Object details:
| Object ID | PAF5617 |
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| Description | A watercolour painting of the iron paddle gunboat Grappler (1845), signed by the artist lower right. The ship is shown under steam with her sails furled, against a picturesque background of distant mountains. Seagulls add interest in the foreground. Grappler saw frequent action against slave ships off the coast of Sierra Leone. The medium includes graphite. |
| Date made | Oct 1865 |
| Artist/Maker | Atkins, William Edward |
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| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Materials | watercolour |
| Measurements | Mount: 255 mm x 372 mm |
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