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Shipping off the coast of Malta
AC/03280/00
Object category: PAINTING
Date made: c.1847
Maker: NICHOLL, Andrew
Shipping Line:
Material/medium: Watercolour on thick watercolour paper adhered to board with a little scratching out
Dimensions:
- Outside Frame: 68.7 cm x 90.3 cm x 7.5 cm; Sight: 48.1 cm x 69.8 cm
This painting depicts shipping off the coast of Malta with the harbour Valetta visible. An entry in the P&O Board Minutes for 30th June 1848 records "Mr. Nicholls sends 6 watercolour drawings of principal ports visited by the Company's steamers from Southampton to Ceylon in return for free passage granted to his wife in August 1846."