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The yacht Capricorn launching, Solent preparing to launch, HMS Melville in dock, 1856
This watercolour shows J.S. White's shipbuilding yard at Cowes, Isle of White. On the left is the 'Capricorn' with the 'Solent' preparing for launch beyond. Behind that is the 'Melville', which was built at Bombay in 1817 and converted to a hospital ship at Cowes in 1856-7. Signed by artist and dated on a piece of wood in the centre left foreground.
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Object details
| ID: | PAI0697 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gregory, Charles |
| Vessels: | Capricorn; Melville 1857 [HMS] Solent (1857) Melville (1817) |
| Date made: | 17 December 1856 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 319 mm x 506 mm |