Sujet

'The ships of Lord Mulgrave's expedition of discovery embedded in ice in the Polar Regions', 1774. Artist: John Cleveley the Younger.

Légende

'The ships of Lord Mulgrave's expedition of discovery embedded in ice in the Polar Regions', 1774. HMS 'Racehorse' and 'Carcass' sailed from the Nore on the sandbank of the Thames Estuary, under the command of Captain Constantine John Phipps to Spitzbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. The 'Carcass' was comanded by Commander Skeffington Lutwidge, with a young Horatio Nelson on board as a midshipman. Watercolour held at the Victoria And Albert Museum. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1774

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C81_034

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42,0Mo (4,1Mo) / 36,8cm x 28,6cm / 4344 x 3383 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transport océan mer congelé glace exploration vie de marin bateau bateaux Britannique géographie couleur couleur Arctique emprisonné maritime guerre siècle La Grande-Bretagne expédition concept Marine dériver Océan Arctique guerre navigation du bateau guerre navale vaisseau de guerre 18e siècle Dix-huitie siècle histoire The Print Collector watercolour Basil Horatio Lord Phipps Nelson Horatio Nelson Lord Nelson Viscount Nelson Admiral Nelson Lubbock Polar exploration Admiral Horatio Nelson Basil Lubbock HMS Racehorse John Cleveley the Younger Cleveley the Younger John John Cleveley Jr Constantine John Phipps Constantine John Mulgrave Lord Mulgrave Baron Mulgrave 2nd Baron Mulgrave Skeffin watercolour