Rough Sketch Book. No. 3. Odds & Ends.
Sketchbook containing almost 100 drawings, created by British naval officer Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844) between the 1790s and the 1810s. Included are scenes of shipboard life, including a midshipman at the helm, a French prisoner of war grinding snuff, sailors interacting with Swedish washerwomen and ship’s boats collecting water; studies of flora and fauna, including numerous trees and plants from Bermuda and birds of prey from the Mediterranean; comic cartoons and genre scenes, including a Punch and Judy show, a fortune teller, a tea party, ice skaters, haymakers and bucking donkeys; coastal profiles with navigational notes relating to locations on Corfu, Paxos and Sicily and in the Baltic, the Adriatic and Brazil; figure studies, including Albanian shepherds, fishermen in Sicily and boats in Brazil; and landscapes and coastal scenes, including a series of extended panoramic views, each of which spreads across multiple pages. These panoramas represent the harbours and coasts of Venice, Valetta, Palermo, Marettimo and Rio de Janeiro.
A small number of the drawings relate to Hollis’s early service as a lieutenant in the ‘Queen’ in 1793–96 and as captain of the ‘Mermaid’ in 1803–08. However, the majority were produced during his time in command of the ‘Standard’ in 1809–11 and the ‘Achille’ in 1811–15. The former was attached to the Baltic Fleet and the latter was based first in the Mediterranean and afterwards in South America.
A small number of the drawings relate to Hollis’s early service as a lieutenant in the ‘Queen’ in 1793–96 and as captain of the ‘Mermaid’ in 1803–08. However, the majority were produced during his time in command of the ‘Standard’ in 1809–11 and the ‘Achille’ in 1811–15. The former was attached to the Baltic Fleet and the latter was based first in the Mediterranean and afterwards in South America.
Object Details
ID: | ZBB0354 |
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Type: | Sketchbook |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Hollis, Aiskew Paffard |
Date made: | circa 1793–1815 |
Measurements: | Overall: 325 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm |