Sketchbook used by William Collingwood as a midshipman on the Indian Navy river steamer NITOCRIS

Sketchbook used by William Collingwood as a midshipman on the Indian Navy river steamer NITOCRIS, while this vessel was employed on a survey of the Euphrates and other rivers of Mesopotamia under Commander Felix Jones. The volume is labelled ‘H.C.S. NITOCRIS Baghdad October 1850’ and features pencil sketches and technical drawings.

Record details

Item reference: RIN/143/1/2
Catalogue section: Records of semi-governmental and non-governmental organisations
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume
Date made: 1850-1855
Creator: Collingwood, William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London