GAETANO D’ESPOSITO (ITALIAN, 1858-1911)

H.M.S. ‘Orlando’, 1892

Watercolour and gouache

Signed and dated ‘D’Esposito 1892’ (lower right)

14¾ x 20½in. (37.5 x 52cm.)

The name ship of the 1886 Orlando class of first-class cruisers, she was built by Palmers of Jarrow, registered 5,600 tonnes and could develop 17 knots. Commanded by Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot on the Australia station from 1992 to 1895, in 1899, she was assigned to the China Station under Captain James Henry Thomas Burke who died during a passage from Colombo to Aden. In 1902 she was placed in the B Division of the Fleet Reserve and sold for scrapping in 1905.

Condition Report

mild discolouration, possibly water damage, to edge of sky

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