HMS Atalante passing Sambro, Halifax, N.S.<br><p>'Atalante' is depicted in the centre of the composition surrounded by three sailing boats. The coast of Sambro (Nova Scotia) provides the backdrop.
</p><p>Title: "H.M.S. Atalante passing Sambro, Halifax N.S.".
By the time vol. XXXI was published, the 'Atalante' had been wrecked off Halifax Lighthouse (10th November 1813). The crew was saved.
A watercolour copy of this print by W.E. Bailey "done when at school" is also in the NMM collection.
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Vignette.
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Bailey (engraver); Gold, Joyce (publisher) (publisher); Lieutenant John Evans (artist)</div>
31 May 1814<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1814-05-31T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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