21st Oct, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory)
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[M] BRITISH NAVAL SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY<br/>H.M.S....
BRITISH NAVAL SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY
H.M.S. Rover sailing near ice bergs off Cape Horn, 1836
Watercolour on paper, inscribed on verso: 'H.M.S. Rover 18 Guns ' H.M. Sloop "Rover" - 18 Guns - Commander A.S. Hamond - In Lat 60°S Long 80°W / Running among Ice Bergs - off Cape Horn - June 1836'
12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.5cm.) Contemporary frame, glazed
Designed in 1832 by Sir John Symonds, Rover was the name ship of her class and was designed as an 18-gun flush-decked ship sloop. Measuring 89'9½" x 35' x 16'9", she displaced 113 tons and was crewed by 120 men and was broken up in 1845.
Andrew Snape Hamond (born 1811) joined the navy in 1824 and was commissioned in 1831. By 1834 he was Flag-Lieutenant to his father (Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart, K.C.B.) on the South American station and was presumably seconded for a cruise in Rover during this period.
H.M.S. Rover sailing near ice bergs off Cape Horn, 1836
Watercolour on paper, inscribed on verso: 'H.M.S. Rover 18 Guns ' H.M. Sloop "Rover" - 18 Guns - Commander A.S. Hamond - In Lat 60°S Long 80°W / Running among Ice Bergs - off Cape Horn - June 1836'
12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.5cm.) Contemporary frame, glazed
Designed in 1832 by Sir John Symonds, Rover was the name ship of her class and was designed as an 18-gun flush-decked ship sloop. Measuring 89'9½" x 35' x 16'9", she displaced 113 tons and was crewed by 120 men and was broken up in 1845.
Andrew Snape Hamond (born 1811) joined the navy in 1824 and was commissioned in 1831. By 1834 he was Flag-Lieutenant to his father (Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart, K.C.B.) on the South American station and was presumably seconded for a cruise in Rover during this period.
Sold for £223
Estimated at £200 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
BRITISH NAVAL SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY
H.M.S. Rover sailing near ice bergs off Cape Horn, 1836
Watercolour on paper, inscribed on verso: 'H.M.S. Rover 18 Guns ' H.M. Sloop "Rover" - 18 Guns - Commander A.S. Hamond - In Lat 60°S Long 80°W / Running among Ice Bergs - off Cape Horn - June 1836'
12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.5cm.) Contemporary frame, glazed
Designed in 1832 by Sir John Symonds, Rover was the name ship of her class and was designed as an 18-gun flush-decked ship sloop. Measuring 89'9½" x 35' x 16'9", she displaced 113 tons and was crewed by 120 men and was broken up in 1845.
Andrew Snape Hamond (born 1811) joined the navy in 1824 and was commissioned in 1831. By 1834 he was Flag-Lieutenant to his father (Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart, K.C.B.) on the South American station and was presumably seconded for a cruise in Rover during this period.
H.M.S. Rover sailing near ice bergs off Cape Horn, 1836
Watercolour on paper, inscribed on verso: 'H.M.S. Rover 18 Guns ' H.M. Sloop "Rover" - 18 Guns - Commander A.S. Hamond - In Lat 60°S Long 80°W / Running among Ice Bergs - off Cape Horn - June 1836'
12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.5cm.) Contemporary frame, glazed
Designed in 1832 by Sir John Symonds, Rover was the name ship of her class and was designed as an 18-gun flush-decked ship sloop. Measuring 89'9½" x 35' x 16'9", she displaced 113 tons and was crewed by 120 men and was broken up in 1845.
Andrew Snape Hamond (born 1811) joined the navy in 1824 and was commissioned in 1831. By 1834 he was Flag-Lieutenant to his father (Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart, K.C.B.) on the South American station and was presumably seconded for a cruise in Rover during this period.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory), 21st Oct, 2009
