ENGLISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)

H.M.S. Rapid backing her mainsails, with cutter abeam
Signed and dated 'Castle, 1896' (lower right)
Watercolour and body colour heightened with white

10 1/2 x 15 1/2in. (27 x 39.5cm.) Mounted on card with ship's name and naval crown painted lower centre. Framed and glazed

Laid down at the Devonport Dockyard in 1881, fitted with Maudeslay engines and launched in 1883, the 12 gun corvette H.M.S. Rapid served with the Australian Squadron in 1888. By 1906 she was hulked, renamed C.7 in 1912 for use as a coal hulk, she was revived in 1916 for use as an accommodation ship and renamed Hart. She was sold for scrapping at Gibraltar in 1948.

Condition Report
Extensive foxing and paper discolouration throughout image. Would benefit from a clean.
LABEL - PROV - TRADE LABEL ON REVERSE
'H.M.S. RAPID'
12-gun, screw composite corvette 1,420 tons, 1,400 horse power. Was serving with the Australian Squadron 1888.
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