An album of drawings and watercolours by Edward Hovell Thurlow (1839-1935), Royal Horse Artillery, An album of drawings and watercolours by Edward Hovell Thurlow (1839-1935), Royal Horse Artillery

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An album of drawings and watercolours by Edward Hovell Thurlow (1839-1935), Royal Horse Artillery

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An album of drawings and watercolours by Edward Hovell Thurlow (1839-1935), Royal Horse Artillery
entitled 'Sketches taken during our voyage from Gravesend to Calcutta on board the troopship Hydaspes Aug.t 10th 65 to Dec.r 10th 65' including troopship Hydaspes, Start Point and lighthouse, one of our last views of England, the delights of getting into one's berth during a gale of wind, quarter deck of the Hydaspes, the first night at the piano forte, troop deck by night, Dutch barque, the pleasures of dining in a gale of wind, group of gunners, service on board the Hydaspes, southern point of the Island of Trinidada, the Island of Trinidada looking north, bending the mainsail, Island of Trinidada, South Atlantic, study of waves from the stern window during the gale, deck of the Hydaspes in a gale, sunset and albatross, Wasp and Crib, the first view of the Cape, view of Cape Town and Table Bay from the foot of Table Mountain, Lion Mountain, Hottentot Holland Mountains from Table Bay, Hottenton Holland Mountains from the Claremont station, Hanglip Head, Table Bay and Cape of Good Hope from Constantia, quarter deck of the Hydaspes during the gale, cutting away the lifeboat, the gale rounding the Cape, sketches of figures at Cape Town, scene on the pier at Cape Town, Crib finds a way into a shop of stuffed animals, bantams at Constantia, my cabin in the Hydaspes, tame ostriches sketch in the Governor's garden, Cape Town, Cape Town and Table Mountain from Table Bay, troopship Hydaspes at anchor in Table Bay, our pilot boarding us at the Sand Heads, Calcutta, our first view of India, Sangor Island and the track of the ship Hydaspes bound from Gravesend to Calcutta; bound in a red leather album, all inscribed with titles and variously dated
13¼ x 10½in. (33.7 x 26.8cm.) overall

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Colonel Edward Hovell Thurlow, Royal [Horse] Artillery, joined the Army as a Lieutenant in June 1856 and was promoted Captain in July 1867. He served in South Africa during the Zulu War of 1879 and also in the disastrous First Boer War of 1881. Promoted Major in September 1875, he retired from active service at the same time although he was later made Honorary Lieut. Colonel.

The only vessel named Hydaspes of circa 1865 which has so far been traced was a large and fast iron full-rigged ship built in Mare's yards at Blackwall, on the Thames, in 1852. Registered at 2,093 tons, she measured 263 feet in length with a 38½ foot beam and spent most of her civilian career running to New Zealand. Since Thurlow's drawings clearly show his ship as a three-masted auxiliary steamship however, it is possible that she was converted to steam at some point although more research is needed to explore this suggestion.

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