1st May, 2013 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent)
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[M] A 19TH CENTURY REVERSE-GLASS SILHOUETTE...
A 19TH CENTURY REVERSE-GLASS SILHOUETTE PICTURE OF H.M.S. ROYAL ALBERT
depicted drying her sails in company with other shipping, inscribed as per title at centre, within a verre eglomise border -- 15½ x 19½ in. (39.5 x 49.5cm.
Originally a 120-gun sailing first rate, though never completed, H.M.S. Royal Albert was converted into a 121-gun single screw ship in 1854. Built by John Penn and Son, she had a displacement of 5,571 tons. In May of 1855 Royal Albert landed in Kamish-Burunski Bay and her fleet of 33 ships, along with a French fleet of the same size, obtained possession of the Kerch-Yenikale Strait.The next month the fleet was responsible for destroying Russian food stores at Taganrog.She was sold to Castle of Lambeth for breaking in September 1884.
depicted drying her sails in company with other shipping, inscribed as per title at centre, within a verre eglomise border -- 15½ x 19½ in. (39.5 x 49.5cm.
Originally a 120-gun sailing first rate, though never completed, H.M.S. Royal Albert was converted into a 121-gun single screw ship in 1854. Built by John Penn and Son, she had a displacement of 5,571 tons. In May of 1855 Royal Albert landed in Kamish-Burunski Bay and her fleet of 33 ships, along with a French fleet of the same size, obtained possession of the Kerch-Yenikale Strait.The next month the fleet was responsible for destroying Russian food stores at Taganrog.She was sold to Castle of Lambeth for breaking in September 1884.
Sold for £248
Estimated at £200 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A 19TH CENTURY REVERSE-GLASS SILHOUETTE PICTURE OF H.M.S. ROYAL ALBERT
depicted drying her sails in company with other shipping, inscribed as per title at centre, within a verre eglomise border -- 15½ x 19½ in. (39.5 x 49.5cm.
Originally a 120-gun sailing first rate, though never completed, H.M.S. Royal Albert was converted into a 121-gun single screw ship in 1854. Built by John Penn and Son, she had a displacement of 5,571 tons. In May of 1855 Royal Albert landed in Kamish-Burunski Bay and her fleet of 33 ships, along with a French fleet of the same size, obtained possession of the Kerch-Yenikale Strait.The next month the fleet was responsible for destroying Russian food stores at Taganrog.She was sold to Castle of Lambeth for breaking in September 1884.
depicted drying her sails in company with other shipping, inscribed as per title at centre, within a verre eglomise border -- 15½ x 19½ in. (39.5 x 49.5cm.
Originally a 120-gun sailing first rate, though never completed, H.M.S. Royal Albert was converted into a 121-gun single screw ship in 1854. Built by John Penn and Son, she had a displacement of 5,571 tons. In May of 1855 Royal Albert landed in Kamish-Burunski Bay and her fleet of 33 ships, along with a French fleet of the same size, obtained possession of the Kerch-Yenikale Strait.The next month the fleet was responsible for destroying Russian food stores at Taganrog.She was sold to Castle of Lambeth for breaking in September 1884.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent), 1st May, 2013
