The Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794; rough sketch of the 'Defence' (see back also)

A study of the 74-gun 'Defence' from off her starboard quarter, with annotations (including the name from her stern) and colour notes, on a cream laid paper apparently watermarked with a crowned GR, within a wreath in a circle. It is probably the drawing called 'Rough sketch of the Hull of the 'Defence' exhibited as no. 73 in the NMM Pocock exhib. (1975). [PvdM 10/08]

Object Details

ID: PAD8711
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Pocock, Nicholas
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
Vessels: Defence (1763); Marlborough 1767 [British navy]
Date made: circa 1794
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 162 mm x 234 mm
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