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Sketch of lifeboat of P&O S.S. Ceylon Feb 19/71
Bound with PAF9601-PAF9620, PAF9622-PAF9625.
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Object Details
ID:
PAF9621
Type:
Drawing
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Brett, John
Vessels:
Ceylon (1858)
Date made:
Feb 1871
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:
112 mm x 178 mm
Parts:
John Brett Sketchbook No 37. Gibraltar, Sicily, 1871 (Sketchbook)
Portrait sketch of male, head and shoulders, wearing pince-nez (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAF9602)
Sketch of Mount Etna Jan 31/71 (on reverse and continued on PAF9604) (Drawing) (PAF9603)
Sketch of Mount Etna (continued from PAF9603) (Drawing) (PAF9604)
Sketch of Mount Etna (continued from PAF9604) (Drawing) (PAF9605)
Sketch of Mount Etna with notes (continued from PAF9605) (Drawing) (PAF9606)
Slight sketch of wooded hillside (continued from PAF9606) (Drawing) (PAF9607)
Sketch of a street with balconies, Taormina, 5 Feb 1871 (Drawing) (PAF9608)
Sketch of woman holding baby standing in doorway and a child, at Taormina (Drawing) (PAF9609)
Slight sketch of woman sitting on balcony above arched doorway (Drawing) (PAF9610)
Sketch of facade with balcony at Taormina (Drawing) (PAF9611)
Slight sketch of an almond tree (inverted) (Drawing) (PAF9612)
Slight sketch of an almond tree (Drawing) (PAF9613)
Slight sketch of three almond trees (Drawing) (PAF9614)
Sketch of Piazza of Taormina 12 Feb 1871 (Drawing) (PAF9615)
Portrait sketch, head and shoulders of Don Cicio Florista (landlord) Taormina (Drawing) (PAF9616)
Sketches of muleteer and mule (Drawing) (PAF9617)
Portrait sketch of bearded man wearing hat, Feb 19.71 (Drawing) (PAF9618)
Portrait sketch head and shoulders of bearded man wearing hat (Drawing) (PAF9619)
Sketch of Sierra Nevada mountain range, with notes (continued from PAF9619) (Drawing) (PAF9620)
Sketch of lifeboat of P&O S.S. Ceylon Feb 19/71 (Drawing) (PAF9621)
Sketch of sailing vessels off the NE side of Gibraltar Bay 7am 20 Feb 1871 (continued from PAF9621) (Drawing) (PAF9622)
Small sketch of sailing vessels in a calm (Drawing) (PAF9623)
Very slight sketch of cliffs (Drawing) (PAF9624)
Sketch of the Needles (Drawing) (PAF9625)
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