File:'Britannia' being towed off the coast of Candia (Crete); illustration to Falconer's 'The Shipwreck' (1811 ed., p. 9) RMG PW5915.jpg

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Nicholas Pocock  (1740–1821)  wikidata:Q1859751
 
Nicholas Pocock
Alternative names
Nicholas Pococke; Pococke; Pocock; N. Pocock
Description British painter
Noted for detailed paintings of naval battles during the Age of Sail
Date of birth/death 2 March 1740 Edit this at Wikidata 9 March 1821 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bristol, England, UK Raymead, Cookham, Berkshire, England, UK
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creator QS:P170,Q1859751
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English: 'Britannia' being towed off the coast of Candia [Crete]; illustration to Falconer's 'The Shipwreck' (1811 ed., p. 9)
The fourth of a series of ten drawings, of which the collection holds nine (PAF5913–21). The printed description of the plate based on it, probably written by Pocock, reads: 'Light, variable, and transient airs of Wind. The Ship appears under all her Sails. Steering Sails alternately set and hauled down. The Yards braced and squared, occasionally to catch the breeze – Boats ahead, towing the Ship off the Shore.' Signed by the artist and dated, lower right. For further details see the first of the series, PAF5913: for an anonymous early copy of this one, better indicating its now faded original colour, see PAJ1643. Exhibited: NMM Pocock exhib. (1975) no. 36.
Date 1810
date QS:P571,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Mount: 207 mm x 320 mm
Notes Box Title: D186A. M2448-M2457.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/100742
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Picture Department Petrel Project Number: M2450
id number: PAF5915
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