'Asia Minor' / 'Teignmouth'
On one side of this page, a graphite drawing depicts a stone-paved road leading through a tall stone archway under which passes a figure and domesticated animal, possibly a dog or small donkey. The immediate area is lined with stone walls and vegetation, and distance mountains are visible through the arch. The image is inscribed ‘Asia Minor’ in the bottom centre. There is an additional, illegible inscription, in the bottom left corner, written perpendicular to the orientation of the image, but this may relate to the preceding page (see PAG3505).
On the other side of the page, another graphite drawing depicts the coast of Teignmouth and Shaldon from a hill. In the foreground, a figure sits under a tree surrounded by some small livestock, possibly sheep, and two horned cows rest nearby. The viewpoint rolls down to a wooded landscape, interrupted by a range of buildings, and masts from vessels in a harbour. Ness Point, in Shaldon, can be seen in the near distance with the Georgian mansion, Ness House, depicted towards its base at the entrance of the Teign Estuary. The coastline continues into the distance, stretching towards Torquay, where three vessels are at sea.
This drawing is part of an album containing thirty-six drawings (PAG3476–PAG3511) by Harry Edmund Edgell (1809–1876), dated between 1851 and 1852. During this time, Edgell was living in Torquay, Devon, with his wife Caroline, with whom he had a daughter in June 1852. Edgell entered the Royal Naval College in 1821 and was involved in forcing the passage of the Bocca Tigris in China while serving as Lieutenant on HMS ‘Imogene’ in the 1830s. He became Captain in 1846 and commanded HMS ‘Siren’, in which he assisted in the removal of the sculptured remains of the Tomb of Mausolus (Canning Marbles) from Bodrum Castle, Asia Minor (now Türkiye), to the British Museum. After returning from the Mediterranean in 1847, Edgell did not serve on board a ship again until 1855. This sketchbook primarily contains landscapes and coastal scenes depicting everyday life in and around Devon. Some of the later pages depict places in China and other locations in Asia, suggesting Edgell may have used this album outside of the dates recorded. The final page contains a note in Edgell’s hand, titled ‘India’, recording the details of six ships involved in the Second Anglo-Burmese War, which began in April 1852.
On the other side of the page, another graphite drawing depicts the coast of Teignmouth and Shaldon from a hill. In the foreground, a figure sits under a tree surrounded by some small livestock, possibly sheep, and two horned cows rest nearby. The viewpoint rolls down to a wooded landscape, interrupted by a range of buildings, and masts from vessels in a harbour. Ness Point, in Shaldon, can be seen in the near distance with the Georgian mansion, Ness House, depicted towards its base at the entrance of the Teign Estuary. The coastline continues into the distance, stretching towards Torquay, where three vessels are at sea.
This drawing is part of an album containing thirty-six drawings (PAG3476–PAG3511) by Harry Edmund Edgell (1809–1876), dated between 1851 and 1852. During this time, Edgell was living in Torquay, Devon, with his wife Caroline, with whom he had a daughter in June 1852. Edgell entered the Royal Naval College in 1821 and was involved in forcing the passage of the Bocca Tigris in China while serving as Lieutenant on HMS ‘Imogene’ in the 1830s. He became Captain in 1846 and commanded HMS ‘Siren’, in which he assisted in the removal of the sculptured remains of the Tomb of Mausolus (Canning Marbles) from Bodrum Castle, Asia Minor (now Türkiye), to the British Museum. After returning from the Mediterranean in 1847, Edgell did not serve on board a ship again until 1855. This sketchbook primarily contains landscapes and coastal scenes depicting everyday life in and around Devon. Some of the later pages depict places in China and other locations in Asia, suggesting Edgell may have used this album outside of the dates recorded. The final page contains a note in Edgell’s hand, titled ‘India’, recording the details of six ships involved in the Second Anglo-Burmese War, which began in April 1852.