'Britannia' being towed off the coast of Candia (Crete); illustration to Falconer's 'The Shipwreck' (1811 ed., p. 9) RMG PW5915, Nicholas Pocock, 1810

'britannia' being towed off the coast of candia [crete]; illustration to falconer's 'the shipwreck' (1811 ed. , p. 9) the fourth of a series of ten drawings, of which the collection holds nine (paf5913–21). The printed description of the plate based on it, probably written by pocock, reads: 'light, variable, and transient airs of wind. The ship appears under all her sails. Steering sails alternately set and hauled down. The yards braced and squared, occasionally to catch the breeze – boats ahead, towing the ship off the shore. ' signed by the artist and dated, lower right. For further details see the first of the series, paf5913: for an anonymous early copy of this one, better indicating its now faded original colour, see paj1643. Exhibited: nmm pocock exhib. (1975) no. 36. Date: 1810. Dimensions: Mount: 207 mm x 320 mm. Collection: Fine art.