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HMS Inconstant

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Date:

9 November [1838].

Reference:

R977-98-X-E, Volume number: 16

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3994635

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James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family fonds

James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family - Private Life

Lady Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce

Art Album of Mary Louisa Lambton (1837-1839)

HMS Inconstant
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Date(s):

9 November [1838].

Place:

Atlantic Ocean:

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing: pencil and brown wash on blue wove paper; 16.1x24.1 cm (image); 26x36 cm (folio)

Language of material:

English

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A genre scene / marine scene depicting a view of the Crow's Nest of HMS INCONSTANT from the deck below. It is a rectangular platform in the upper part of the main mast and is supported by wooden structures underneath and from the edges of two sides of the platform to the mast, by a fan-shaped arrangement of blocks and lines. A sailor wearing a broad-brimmed hat with a low, flat crown is leaning over a protective rail across the platform while handling a sail rolled in a spiral hanging down from above the crows nest. Two other figures are standing on the paltform and another sailor is climbing up the supporting rigging. At the right, the artist has suggested a number of signal flags flying from the rigging. In the background is a square-rigged sail hanging from its yard.

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Artist: Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kinkardine

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Physical description note:

Album of Mary Louisa Lambton, page 74.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: signature (MLL), date and title written on the artwork. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Volume [R977] 16

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and family fonds (R977).
Copyright: expired/périmé.

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12