HMS 'Bellerophon' (1824), 50 Miles ESE of Malta, 1 Feb 1852<br>
Inscribed: "H.M.S. BELLEROPHON. Captain the Rt Honble Lord George Poulet. In a Gale, 50 miles ESE of Malta - Feby 1st 1852". Corresponding to this print is the sketchbook kept 1850-53 by Mends, also in the NMM collection. The original watercolour behind this composition is not included, but there are two (PAI0863/4) showing Mends's own ship (HMS 'Trafalgar') affected by the same winds.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Charles_Frederick_de_Brocktorff" class="extiw" title="w:en:Charles Frederick de Brocktorff"><span title="German artist and lithographer active in Malta">Charles Frederick de Brocktorff</span></a>
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circa 1852 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1852-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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