Lot Essay
Vidal made his third voyage to Brazil on HMS Ganges in 1827-9.
BRAZIL (lots 16-30)
Emeric Essex Vidal (1791-1861)
HMS Ganges bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway K.C.B. leaving the Harbour of Rio Janeiro and outside the Sugar Loaf, 1827
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Emeric Essex Vidal (1791-1861)
HMS Ganges bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway K.C.B. leaving the Harbour of Rio Janeiro and outside the Sugar Loaf, 1827
signed, inscribed and dated 'E E Vidal/1827/Ganges/Rio Janeiro'
, inscribed as title on the reverse
pencil and watercolour
16¾ x 23½in. (42.6 x 59.7cm.)
HMS Ganges bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway K.C.B. leaving the Harbour of Rio Janeiro and outside the Sugar Loaf, 1827
signed, inscribed and dated 'E E Vidal/1827/Ganges/Rio Janeiro'
, inscribed as title on the reverse
pencil and watercolour
16¾ x 23½in. (42.6 x 59.7cm.)