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H.M.S. Orion 91 Guns
A port broadside view of the ‘Orion’, her dimensions printed on either side of the main inscription. On the right, a steamboat with passengers. The distant skyline features two amphitheatres on the right and a lighthouse with low buildings along the coast. Coloured lithograph. Signed by artist and dated in plate.
Captain John Elphinstone Erskine commanded ‘Orion’ and made a daring reconnaissance of Cronstadt in May 1855, lying all night within sight of about eight Russian steamships, four of which were heavily armed (W. Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy – a history, Vol. 6, p.480).
Captain John Elphinstone Erskine commanded ‘Orion’ and made a daring reconnaissance of Cronstadt in May 1855, lying all night within sight of about eight Russian steamships, four of which were heavily armed (W. Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy – a history, Vol. 6, p.480).
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH9265 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Foster, William; Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy |
| Vessels: | Orion (1854) |
| Date made: | 1854 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 508 x 704 mm; Mount: 606 mm x 835 mm |