Sebastopol from the Sea, Sketched from the Deck of H. M… by William Simpson

Watercolour of sailors working a cannon on a warship deck, with a harbour town and snowy mountains in the distance.

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Sebastopol from the Sea, Sketched from the Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855, William Simpson (1855), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This watercolour shows sailors and officers on the deck of a warship, tending a large dark cannon while a blue flag and the Union Jack fly from the rigging. Beyond the calm blue water, a distant shoreline with buildings and ships meets snow-capped mountains under a pale, cloud-filled sky. The work is titled "Sebastopol from the Sea, Sketched from the Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855" and is attributed to William Simpson, dated 1855.

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1855

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

Themes

Seascapes, Drawings & Sketches