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Sketch of sea and dark sky

Bound with PAG4399-PAG4406, PAG4408-PAG4415.
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ID: PAG4407
Type: Drawing
Materials: Graphite & watercolour
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Fraser, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 175 x 248 mm
Parts: John Fraser Sketchbooks. Britian. Undated. Volume 12 (Sketchbook)
  • Rural scene with house in foreground (on reverse) (Drawing) (PAG4400)
  • Sketch of a rural view with hamlet in foreground (Drawing) (PAG4401)
  • Slight sketch of sea cliffs in a graphite border (Drawing) (PAG4402)
  • Very slight unidentified sketch (Drawing) (PAG4403)
  • Sketch of ship in heavy sea, in graphite border (Drawing) (PAG4404)
  • Sketch of two vessels at sea (Drawing) (PAG4405)
  • Sketch of a Dutch style craft at sea (Drawing) (PAG4406)
  • Sketch of sea and dark sky (Drawing) (PAG4407)
  • Coastal sketch inscribed ' Black Rock Lighthouse Mouth of the Mersey' (Drawing) (PAG4408)
  • Sketch of 17th century three-masted sailing vessel (Drawing) (PAG4409)
  • Lighthouse with clifftop ruin behind (Drawing) (PAG4410)
  • Waterside Inn, displaying sign for Haskos Fine Old Ales (Drawing) (PAG4411)
  • Very slight sketch of a sailing craft at sea (Drawing) (PAG4412)
  • Lighthouse at a cliff edge (Drawing) (PAG4413)
  • Sketches of heraldic lion and pelican and shield (Drawing) (PAG4414)
  • Sketches of a unicorn, a saint and a Virgin and child, probably ships figureheads (Drawing) (PAG4415)
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