Ship Quoits
pen and ink, drawing
Accession Number

NAM.1992-07-18-46

Description

Ship Quoits. Pen and ink drawing by Lt Herbert Delmé Radcliffe, 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers), 1857. An officer throwing a ball across the deck of a ship towards a numbered grid, an officer stands behind him preparing to throw a ball, whilst another officer observes from the deck-side and a forth officer stands behind the grid preparing to catch the balls, with the sea and gulls in the background. From album of pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour drawings, 1855-1858.