Lot 116: English School, circa 1860 'The Ship Prince of Wales. Joseph Watson, Commander. Off the South Foreland. 83 days from Port Phillip' 39.5 x 61.5cm. and a leather bound 'Abstract Log of the E(ast) I(ndia) Ship "Clarence" from London to Madras &

'The Ship Prince of Wales. Joseph Watson, Commander. Off the South Foreland. 83 days from Port Phillip'
Titled and dated July 2nd 1860 on label verso
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour, gum arabic and scratching out
39.5 x 61.5cm.
and a leather bound 'Abstract Log of the E(ast) I(ndia) Ship "Clarence" from London to Madras & Calcutta. From Calcutta to St.Helena and Demarara British Guiana and Back to London. In the years 1864 & 1865...Kept by Joseph Watson - Commander-' (2)

The ship bears the new flag of Green's 'Blackwall' Line, with the cross overlaying the blue square, which was adopted in 1843.