#maritime art
The East IndiamanHotspurLeaving the Tyne on Her Maiden Voyage, William Garthwaite, 1851
The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808 : drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa. This two-part album contains all sorts of drawings he made during his travels. He has drew everything from animals, ships, people to other objects.
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We were ordered to the dockyard to draw sea-stores. When we arrived there, I was quite astonished at the piles of timber, the ranges of storehouses, and the immense anchors which lay on the wharf. There was such a bustle, everybody appeared to be so busy, that I wanted to look every way at once.
— Frederick Marryat, Peter Simple
Wharf Shed of the Trafalgar Lock; view in a dockyard storehouse, filled with sailors and goods. Block cut wood engraving by Mason Jackson, 1847-1851.
Halifax is a charming, hospitable place: its name is associated with so many pleasing recollections, that it never fails to extort another glass from the bottle which, having been gagged, was going to pass the night in the cellaret. But only say “Halifax!” and it is like “Open sesame!” — out flies the cork, and down goes a bumper to the “health of all good lasses!”
— Frederick Marryat, The Naval Officer (Frank Mildmay)
View of Halifax from Dartmouth Cove, c. 1828 print
A good day for drawing boats.
