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A FIRST-RATE TAKING IN STORES...FARNLEY HALL COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY J.M.W. TURNER, R.A., 1865. CREATOR: W. J. LINTON.
A First-Rate Taking in Stores, from the Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. One of '...the admirable photographs, by Messrs. Caldesi and Co...from the collection of Turner drawings in the possession of Mr. F. H. Fawkes - the finest series of water-colour drawings by our great English landscape-painter belonging to any private gallery..."The First-Rate Taking in Stores," is...instanced by Mr. Ruskin as illustrating Turner's marvellous rapidity of execution as well as memory...It represents a section of the hull of a three-decker from stem to stern, her bows towards the spectator, with her tiers of portholes and guns, anchors and hawsers, part of her stern gallery, her chains and running and standing rigging to the lower spars all elaborately detailed, and as the whole would be seen towering...an ordinary boat; together with a couple of shore boats delivering stores, looking like toys against her huge flank; another running before the wind...The men-of-war and small craft, the sky; the sea, agitated by wind and tide, and fretting into foam against the swelling, inert, half-wet, and glistening mass of the great hull in the foreground - all seem equally studied directly from nature'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. A First-Rate Taking in Stores...Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Creator: W. J. Linton. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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THE ISLE OF MUSSOWAH, IN THE RED SEA, THE HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE ABYSSINIAN RELIEF MISSION, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Isle of Mussowah, in the Red Sea, the head-quarters of the Abyssinian Relief Mission, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant S. S. Jacob, of the Bombay Staff Corps, Assistant Engineer at Aden, of '...the head-quarters, at present, of the Special Mission sent to effect the release of the Abyssinian captives and the place where Consul Cameron used to reside...Mussowah,...belonging now to the dominions of the Pacha of Egypt, is an island, about half a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad, only a few hundred yards from the African coast. Like many other islands in the Red Sea, it is of coral formation, and elevated from 12 to 20 ft. above the level of the sea. There is not a spring of water to be found in the island; not a tree or blade of grass for the eye to rest on. Half the island is used as a Mussulman burying-ground, near which is the Roman Catholic chapel, shown to the left (the east). Christians are not allowed to bury on the island, but find a resting-place for their dead in another island (Tawil Oude) shown at the extreme right...The other half of Mussowah is inhabited, but the few miserable houses and mat huts comprise the whole town...Turkish steamers run from Suez to Jeddah, whence native boats come across to Mussowah'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Isle of Mussowah, in the Red Sea, the head-quarters of the Abyssinian Relief Mission, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609545983
THE SPANISH IRON-CLAD FRIGATE NUMANCIA IN THE HARBOUR OF CALLAO, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Spanish iron-clad frigate Numancia in the harbour of Callao, 1865. Engraving of a drawing by Clement Penny of H.M.S. Leander. 'The disputes of late between Spain and the Republic of Peru have brought a powerful Spanish squadron into the harbours of South America...the Numancia, with 34 guns, is the most notable vessel of the squadron, having been built in France, and being the first European iron-clad that has floated on the waters of the Pacific. She is a very bad sea-boat, owing to excessive rolling; but, as she is built with a projecting board under water, she rises more readily to the sea than might be expected. Her engines are also of French manufacture, of 1000 (nominal) horse-power, capable of driving the ship thirteen knots an hour. The great defect in the ship seems to be in the manner in which her ports are cut, as they only allow the guns (68-pounders) to be trained two or three points either way. She carries them, moreover, very low in the water, and has none on her upper-deck, which is defended by two turrets, pierced for musketry...One of the most striking things one notices...are the numerous scupper-holes cut in the water-ways of the upper-deck, by which she almost instantly frees herself of any water she may ship on deck'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Spanish iron-clad frigate Numancia in the harbour of Callao, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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