A Russian man-o'war and other warships lying in the Hamoaze, Plymouth (illustrated); and A Royal Naval frigate under full sail in the Channel

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Nicholas Matthews Condy (Plymouth 1818-1851)
A Russian man-o'war and other warships lying in the Hamoaze, Plymouth (illustrated); and A Royal Naval frigate under full sail in the Channel
the second signed 'N Condy Jun.^r' (lower left)
pen and brown ink and brown wash heightened with white, on paper, one unframed
4 x 6 in. (10.2 x 15.2 cm.); and smaller (2)

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Lot Essay

The campaign to free Greece from Ottoman rule involved a combined allied fleet of British, French and Russian warships. After the momentous victory at Navarino (20th October 1827), the Russian Squadron (which had not been drawn from the Black Sea) returned to its northern base in the Baltic but called into Plymouth en route to refit. It is presumed that this brief call provided the subject of the first work in this lot.

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