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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]
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD8711 |
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| 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 |