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The title "Seascape with steam- and sailing ships" is not very descriptive. These are in fact the Danish naval ships <i>Rolf Krake</i> and <i>Geiser</i> off the coast of Scotland in 1863. <i>Geiser</i> was sent to Scotland with a crew for the <i>Rolf Krake</i>, which was being built by Robert Napier. Sørensen made a drawing of the two ships during a trial on June 29, which was later used by the weekly <i>Illustreret Tidende</i>. This is a much more vivid version. The ships left Glasgow on July 3 1863 and were in Copenhagen on the 9th. (Source:R.Steen Steensen: <i>Vore panserskibe</i>, page 242).</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Carl_Frederik_S%C3%B8rensen" class="extiw" title="w:en:Carl Frederik Sørensen"><span title="Danish artist (1818-1879)">Carl Frederik Sørensen</span></a>
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