Album of drawings

Album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) across twenty-five pages. The drawings were created by British naval officer Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844) during the late 1780s and the 1790s. The majority relate to his service as a lieutenant in ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90, in ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93 and in ‘Queen’ in 1793–96. Included are portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, often with humorous captions, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat.

Object Details

ID: PAH4885
Type: Album
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown; Hollis, Aiskew Paffard
Vessels: Queen Charlotte (1790); Andromeda (1784) Heroine 1783 [British navy] Pegasus 1779
Date made: 1785–98
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Folder: 224 mm x 323 mm x 12 mm
Parts: Album of drawings