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Henry Papprill, 1816–d.after 1883, American, Her Majesty's Steam Frigate Cyclops, off Spithead, Under Admiralty Orders, 1857
- Title:
Her Majesty's Steam Frigate Cyclops, off Spithead, Under Admiralty Orders.
- Date:
- 1857
- Medium:
- Aquatint, hand-colored on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 3/8 inches (57 × 77.2 cm), Plate: 19 3/8 × 26 5/8 inches (49.2 × 67.6 cm), Image: 15 13/16 × 24 inches (40.2 × 61 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Lettered, lower left: "KNELL, PINXIT."; lettered, lower center: "LONDON: PUBLISHED MARCH 2ND 1857 BY ACKERMANN & COMPY. 96 STRAND | This View of Her Majesty's STEAM FRIGATE CYCLOPS, off Spithead, under Admiralty Orders, | Is with permission dedicated to SIR WM SYMONDS, SURVEYOR OF THE NAVY, by his obedient & humble Servants Ackermann & Compy. | Comanded by Capt. Horatio J. Austin, R.N. | THE CYCLOPS (the largest steam frigate in the World) was built after the Plans of SIR WM. SYMONDS. The Engines of 300 Horse Power, were made by Messr. Seaward, of Limehouse."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11850
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31545
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