Sketch of architectural arcades

Pen-and-ink sketch, with grey wash, of two parallel architectural arcades with round arches and fluted columns. The sketch is across two separate sheets. A faint, partially erased inscription beneath the image appears to read ‘Part of the Inside of . . .’.

The sketch is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) 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, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat.

Object Details

ID: PAH4906
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hollis, Aiskew Paffard
Date made: 1785–98
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Image: 154 x 227 mm
Parts: Album of drawings (Album)