SEYMOUR (Capt, Michael R.N.)

The Morro Castle at the Entrance of Havanah Harbour Saturday April 10th 1847

WATERCOLOUR OF CUBA

[with] Three other images.Original watercolour drawings laid down on the original sheets. Image size: 318 by 190mm and smaller. Havana, 6th & 10th April, 1847.

£2,200.00

An attractive group of images by this well-known gifted amateur, who from 1845 to 1848 commanded the Vindictive as flag captain to Sir Francis William Austen on the North America and West Indies station.

The pictures (images attached) are titled beneath on their mount: Morro Castle - entrance of Havana Harbour. April 10 1847 (180x260mm)Entrance of Havan Harbour Saturday April 10 1847 (187x322mm)Cape Antonio Cuba Tuesday April 6 1847 North 5 Miles (77x197mm) [& on the same mount] Off havana Harbour Apirl 10 1847 SWSw 6 Miles (77x197mm)

Cf. “Through British Eyes: Images of Bermuda 1815-1860” Exhibition catalogue New York and Hamilton, 1997.

Stock No.
189614