Description
This album covers Edward Gennys Fanshawe's Baltic service in command of HMS 'Cossack' during the Crimean War, August 1854 - August 1855, and his brief transfer to the 'Hastings' in the Baltic and latterly at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, 1855-56, though on her return to England in late 1855 he was invalided ashore until rejoining the ship at Queenstown in January 1856. It also covers his command of the 'Centurion' in the Mediterranean from May 1856 to June 1858, when he was again invalided home. Also included are holiday drawings made in Scotland in 1843 and 1883, Switzerland in 1877 and 1880, and a single drawing of Moulmein, Burma, made in 1846 during his Eastern posting as Commander in the 'Cruizer', 1844-46.
No. 38 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A view of the Bernina Range, on the eastern Swiss border with Italy, of which Piz Bernina, 4049 m is the highest of the peaks shown. Munt Pers is 3207 metres; Piz Palü, 3905; Piz Zupò 3,995; Crast' Agüzza, 3869; Piz Morteratsch, 3751: 'Buval' may be Piz Alv, 3995 m. This is a classic general view of them across the Morteratsch Glacier, with the party in the foreground presumably being Fanshawe's family or friends. Fanshawe retired from active service, aged 65, in November 1879 and this is one of a group of drawings done on holiday in Switzerland the following year.
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-ND
Image Credit
© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Location
Bernina Pass, Poschiavo, Switzerland
Country
Switzerland
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
