Cowes Passage Boats

Pen-and-ink sketch, with grey wash, of three sailing vessels off the Isle of Wight, captioned ‘Cowes Passage Boats’. The drawing 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, often with humorous captions, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat.

Object Details

ID: PAH4934
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hollis, Aiskew Paffard
Date made: 1785–98
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 105 mm x 98 mm
Parts: Album of drawings (Album)