Mount Etna and the Cyclops - taken from the Sea.
[Captain Peter William Hamilton, R.N., 1812-1868.]
[n.d., c.1834.]
Pencil sketch. Image 165 x 250mm (6½ x 9¾").
As a young master's mate Hamilton served in the Mediterranean on board HMS Malabar, visiting Italy, Malta, Greece, Turkey and the Levant in 1834-5. He later served in the Royal Navy during the First Opium War (1839-42), seeing action at Hong Kong which he also recorded in his sketch album.
From a sketchbook compiled by Hamilton.
[Ref: 12740] £150.00
[n.d., c.1834.]
Pencil sketch. Image 165 x 250mm (6½ x 9¾").
As a young master's mate Hamilton served in the Mediterranean on board HMS Malabar, visiting Italy, Malta, Greece, Turkey and the Levant in 1834-5. He later served in the Royal Navy during the First Opium War (1839-42), seeing action at Hong Kong which he also recorded in his sketch album.
From a sketchbook compiled by Hamilton.
[Ref: 12740] £150.00