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Pencil sketch of cannons with large wheels and rigging ropes on a naval ship deck.

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Sketch of Guns on board the H.M.S. Highflyer - William Simpson, William Simpson (1854), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pencil sketch shows several naval cannons with large spoked wheels and carriages arranged across a ship's deck, with hanging rigging ropes and a ladder visible in the surrounding space. The loose, studied lines suggest a preparatory study of the weaponry. The work is catalogued as a 1854 drawing by William Simpson, titled Sketch of Guns on board the H.M.S. Highflyer.

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