H.M.S Avon off the Eddystone lighthouse, under sail and steam

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William Frederick Mitchell (1845-1914)
H.M.S Avon off the Eddystone lighthouse, under sail and steam
signed, numbered and dated 'W F Mitchell 1888/1509' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
6¼ x 9½ in. (15.8 x 24.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The composite screw gun-vessel Avon was built at Portsmouth, launched on 2nd October 1867 and completed in November 1869. Displacing 603 tons and measuring 155 feet in length with a 25 foot beam, she mounted four guns, including 1-7in. and 1-64pdr., and carried a crew of 80 officers and men. Designed for colonial policing, a role for which she and her sisters proved ideally suited, Avon gave twenty years of service until sold for breaking in 1890.

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