Destruction of Lagos (26-27 December 1851). Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 21 February 1852.<br><p>Volume: 20 , Issue: 549, page 16<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/HN3100030449/ILN?u=wes_ttda&amp;sid=bookmark-ILN&amp;xid=daa02c8a">ILN 21 February 1852</a><br></p>
The illustration shows the Penelope's pinnace and one of her paddle-box boats embarking a 9-lb. gun which was cast at Naples.in the seventeenth century, but is in capital preservation. On the right is the iron boat belonging to Mr. Beecroft, the consul, and used to carry the 24 lb rocket lent for the expedition, she is painted black, with a red bottom, is 70 feet long, and pulls 32 oars. A party of our marines and kroomen are hauling the rope attached to the carriage of the gun, while the officers in the boat are giving the orders. The distant land is the west bank of the river.
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