HMS 'Excellent' and HMS 'Illustrious'

Image credit: HMS Excellent

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The scene is Portsmouth Harbour on or before 1868, when the 'Illustrious' was broken up. The National Maritime Museum has related drawings by William Cluett and William Mackenzie Thompson.

HMS Excellent

Portsmouth

Title

HMS 'Excellent' and HMS 'Illustrious'

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 40 x W 60 cm

Accession number

P20300

Acquisition method

on loan from the Royal Navy Trophy Centre

Work type

Painting

HMS Excellent

Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 8ER England

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