The launch of the Honourable East India Company's ship 'Edinburgh'<br><p>Drawing entitled 'The launch of the Honourable East India Company's ship <i>Edinburgh</i>..., 1825. The title derives from the lithographs (PAG7006 and PAH8485, in the NMM collection) made from the drawing by Huggins's assistant and (from 1834) son-in-law Edward Duncan, and published in August 1827. The 'Edinburgh' was built by Wigram &amp; Green at Blackwall and launched on 9 November 1825. The ship on the stocks  on the left is the 'Abercrombie Robinson' which was launched the following year. The view is from a boat in the Thames looking roughly north, with the Blackwall mast house visible above the 'Edinburgh' on the edge of the Brunswick Dock. There appears to be a yacht with a figurehead representing 'Fame' and flying the Scottish saltire on the left, and a Trinity House yacht in the right foreground. This is a particularly good and well preserved example of a watercolour by Huggins.<br></p>
The launch of the Honourable East India Company's ship 'Edinburgh'
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:William_John_Huggins" class="extiw" title="w:en:William John Huggins"><span title="British artist (1781-1845)">William John Huggins</span></a>
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circa 1825 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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