H.M.S. Dido (18 Guns) Casting from Spithead, 1841.To the Hon.ble Capt.n Keppel and the Officers of the Ship this print is respectfully dedicated by The Publishers. [&] H.M.S. Dido (18 Guns) running up Channel, 1845...
Lieu.t Inglefield del. T.G.Dutton, lith. Day & Hague, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London. Published Oct.r 21st 1845 by Messrs Fores 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street.
Pair of tinted lithographs. Each printed area 325 x 400mm (12¾ x 15¾") Publication line '1845' rubbed.
Pair fine naval lithographs. HMS Dido shown en route to the Far East to participate in the First Opium War in 1841 and her return to England after her involvement in James Brooke's campaign for the suppression of Borneo pirates in 1845. Her captain, Henry Keppel (1809-1904), published ''An Expedition to Borneo'' in 1846, making this backwater campaign famous. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1877, appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen in 1878 and retired in 1879. Dido was an 18-gun Daphne-class corvette built for the Royal Navy launched 1836. Other services included the Syrian War (1840) and a visit to New Zealand in 1847. Later she became a coal hulk at Sheerness bafore being sold for scrap in 1903.
[Ref: 46197] £850.00
London. Published Oct.r 21st 1845 by Messrs Fores 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street.
Pair of tinted lithographs. Each printed area 325 x 400mm (12¾ x 15¾") Publication line '1845' rubbed.
Pair fine naval lithographs. HMS Dido shown en route to the Far East to participate in the First Opium War in 1841 and her return to England after her involvement in James Brooke's campaign for the suppression of Borneo pirates in 1845. Her captain, Henry Keppel (1809-1904), published ''An Expedition to Borneo'' in 1846, making this backwater campaign famous. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1877, appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen in 1878 and retired in 1879. Dido was an 18-gun Daphne-class corvette built for the Royal Navy launched 1836. Other services included the Syrian War (1840) and a visit to New Zealand in 1847. Later she became a coal hulk at Sheerness bafore being sold for scrap in 1903.
[Ref: 46197] £850.00