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The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 31 March 1800
This is a preliminary sketch for the related watercolour of 1802 (PAF5879), which is one of a pair of the same action. This drawing is inscribed by the artist, lower right, 'Capt Berry. Foudroyant, Lion & Guillaume Tell' and includes a second version of the main scene at the upper left and on a smaller scale.
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Object details
| ID: | PAD8765 |
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| Collection: | Fine art; Special collections |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Pocock, Nicholas |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Guillaume Tell, 1800 |
| Vessels: | Foudroyant (1798); Lion (1777) Guillaume Tell (1795) |
| Date made: | ?1800; circa 1802 circa 1810 |
| People: | Pocock, Nicholas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 151 mm x 246 mm |