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| 431 |  | Details | Cooke, E.W. | 1829 |
| The Circular Stern of His Majesty's Ship Asia. |
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Cooke, E.W. |
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| 1829 |
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| $0.00 | Cooke--E-W- | The-Circular-Stern-of-His-Majesty-s-Ship-Asia- | SOLD<BR> </BR>
Beautiful antique etching by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) of the decorated stern of a Royal Navy ship, the HMS Asia. This fine, strong print from Cooke's "Fifty plates of Shipping and Craft" presents a view of the ship's stern with more than a dozen cannon run out , some obviously protruding from windows in the cabins of the Captain and other officers of rank.
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The Asia, a Canopus-class vessel, based on a French design, was built in 1824 by Bombay Shipyard. A ship-of-the-line, the Asia served at the Battle of Navarino in October 1827. The ship was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Edward Codrington. The Asia was broken up in 1908, a long lifetime for a wooden ship.
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From Cooke's early book of etchings of ships and other maritime subjects "Fifty Plates of Shipping and Craft". |