The entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, 1827

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The entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, 1827

No. 49 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961)

Inscribed in the upper right 'Mouth of Portsmouth /Harbour/May 21st 1827.'

The view is from the Southsea side with the Round Tower to the right of centre. On the extreme right is the tower of what is probably St Margaret’s Church and the Semaphore.

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Object Details

ID:	PAI0937
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Schetky, John Christian
Places:	Portsmouth Harbour
Date made:	21 May 1827
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 190 x 287 mm
Parts:	Album of marine sketches by John Christian Schetky, mainly Portsmouth, 1795-1863 (Album) Girl's head draped with a scarf from a painting in the possession of Joseph Mayer, Liverpool, Private Plate (Print) (PAI0886) Portrait of Lord Byron (Print) (PAI0887) Mansion which stood on the site of Bedford Square, private plate of the Duke of Bedford (Print) (PAI0888) A hulk, HMS 'Pandora' and HMS 'Herald', 10 May 1825 (Drawing) (PAI0889) Sketch of the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour, May 4th 1818 (Drawing) (PAI0890) Sketch of Blockhouse Fort, Portsmouth, 23 May 1826 (Drawing) (PAI0891) Studies of the 'Gazelle' yacht, Portsmouth, 1826 (Drawing) (PAI0892) Studies of the yacht 'Gazelle', Portsmouth, 1826 (Drawing) (PAI0893) Studies of the yacht 'Hussar', Southampton River, 1826 (Drawing) (PAI0894) Frigates and a yacht in a gale with men of war in the distance (Drawing) (PAI0895) Haslar Hospital, Gosport, from the sea [?] (Drawing) (PAI0896) Studies of the bow and a frigate and of the stern of a ship, possibly the same one, 1811 (Drawing) (PAI0897) HMS Active - with Capt. Burtons wheels, Portsmouth Harbour (Drawing) (PAI0898) Five studies of sails, three of them with men on the yards, and a drawing of a male head, possibly Schetky (Drawing) (PAI0899) A view on the coast near Portsmouth, 1811 (Drawing) (PAI0900) Sketch of HMS 'Leander' in Portsmouth harbour after the bombardment of Algiers (Drawing) (PAI0901) Studies of HMS 'Vernon', Spithead October 22nd 1832,' with sails unbent!' (Drawing) (PAI0902) Study of the 'Falcon' yacht and another vessel (Drawing) (PAI0903) Ships in Portsmouth Harbour, 1825 (Drawing) (PAI0904) 'Bulwark' and other vessels at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour, 1824 (Drawing) (PAI0905) HMS 'Queen Charlotte' showing stern detail, Portsmouth, 1824 (Drawing) (PAI0906) HMS 'Victory' in Portsmouth Harbour, 1824 (Drawing) (PAI0907) 'Champion' just about to be towed out of Portsmouth Harbour by steamer, 1824 (Drawing) (PAI0908) 'Victory' in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827 (Drawing) (PAI0909) Study of HMS 'Benbow' and other vessels in Portsmouth Harbour, 1826 (Drawing) (PAI0910) Study of a sailing boat viewed from the stern, 15 August 1814 (Drawing) (PAI0911) Study of 'Denmark' (74) at Spithead, 1814 (Drawing) (PAI0912) Rat Island, Portsmouth, 1812 (Drawing) (PAI0913) HMS 'Illustrious' (74) and two other vessels, one jury rigged (Drawing) (PAI0914) (Recto) HMS Frigate 'Phaeton', 1822; (Verso) HMS 'Active' (Drawing) (PAI0915) Sketches of three yachts, including the 'Sabrina' and 'Liffey' (Drawing) (PAI0916) The head of the frigate 'Glasgow' (Drawing) (PAI0917) Two coastal profiles, of St Aldan's Head and Lulworth Cove, 1818 (Drawing) (PAI0918) Slight sketch of HMS 'Trincomalee' going into harbour, 1819 (Drawing) (PAI0919) 'Borneo' of London on Southsea beach, 22 October 1820 (Drawing) (PAI0920) A view from Southsea looking west towards the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour (Drawing) (PAI0921) Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth Harbour, 1821 (Drawing) (PAI0922) A 50-gun Frigate with her staysails hoisted, calm and fine, awnings spread (Drawing) (PAI0923) Profile of a two-masted yacht, 1821 (Drawing) (PAI0924) Ships in Portsmouth Harbour off the Dockyard, 1825 (Drawing) (PAI0925) Study of sails (Drawing) (PAI0926) Study of the stern of a small merchant ship (Drawing) (PAI0927) Two sketches of sailing vessels, two of sails furled, and one of a plant (Drawing) (PAI0928) Landscape with the river Chess at Loudwater, Hertfordshire (Drawing) (PAI0929) Study of hay barns at Loudwater, 1816 (Drawing) (PAI0930) Portsmouth Harbour with a distant view of Porchester Castle (Drawing) (PAI0931) A brig-of-war with sails being unfurled (Drawing) (PAI0932) Rocky coastline, Kynance Cove, Cornwall, 1817 (Drawing) (PAI0933) The entrance to Portsmouth Harbour and the Dockyard, 1813 (Drawing) (PAI0934) Studies of masts, yards and rigging (Drawing) (PAI0935) View of Portsmouth with the Round Tower and the church of St Thomas, 1830 (Drawing) (PAI0936) The entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, 1827 (Drawing) (PAI0937) Portsmouth Dockyard with Blockhouse Fort in the foreground, 1823 (Drawing) (PAI0938) Two sketches of sailing craft (Drawing) (PAI0939) 'Victory' in Portsmouth Harbour, 1830 (Drawing) (PAI0940) The mouth of Portsmouth Harbour, 1813 (Drawing) (PAI0941) Fort Monckton, Ryde in the distance, 1813 (Drawing) (PAI0942) Study of a fore royal stay (Drawing) (PAI0943) The Quebec Tavern, entrance to Portsmouth Harbour (Drawing) (PAI0944) The 'Arab' East Indiaman on shore on the Arrow Bank, Hasler Barracks, Portsmouth, 1823 (Drawing) (PAI0945) A coast scene with a castle, probably Scotland (Drawing) (PAI0946) HMS 'Melville' and other shipping in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827 (Drawing) (PAI0947) Naval shipping in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827 (Drawing) (PAI0948) Portsmouth Point, 1819 (Drawing) (PAI0949) A view from Southsea looking west towards the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour (Drawing) (PAI0950) Spanish men-of-war and other shipping in Southampton Water (Drawing) (PAI0951) 'The Fox House' inn, Longshaw, near Sheffield, Yorkshire and a drawing of the surrounding landscape which continues on PAI0953 (Drawing) (PAI0952) Landscape at Longshaw near Sheffield, Yorkshire, with 'The Fox House' inn (Drawing) (PAI0953) Study of the hull of the 'Elizabeth' yacht, Southampton, 1845 (Drawing) (PAI0954) Studies of the 'Claymore' yacht, Cowes Roads, 1863 (Drawing) (PAI0955) The Round Tower at Portsmouth, during building work in 1815 (Drawing) (PAI0956) A panoramic coastal landscape, probably the west coast of Scotland (Drawing) (PAI0957) Leith Harbour, 1795 (Drawing) (PAI0958) Shipping in Leith Roads, 1795 (Drawing) (PAI0959) Landscape with distant moorland (Drawing) (PAI0960) A path through a wooded rocky landscape with a figure walking towards the viewer (Drawing) (PAI0961)