Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a relief panel showing a naval battle with a ship in flames amongst several other ships. In the foreground are seamen in three small boats or lifeboats cutting hawsers.
Browse
Reference number
Adam vol.7/115
Purpose
London: Parliament House (designs for). Design for a relief panel showing a naval battle with a ship in flames amongst several other ships. In the foreground are seamen in three small boats or lifeboats cutting hawsers.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1762-63
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash with white heightening on brown washed paper173 x 466
Hand
Antonio Zucchi
Notes
This is part of a set of four historical panels (Adam vol.7/114-117) that deal with aspects of British history and are by Antonio Zucchi (1726-95) for James Adam's Parliament House scheme of 1762/63. Presumably the grouping is deliberate and they all delineate important incidents in British history. This scene is probably the arrival of the fireships amongst the Spanish warships of the Armada in 1588. The ships are largely of an appropriate design for the late sixteenth century, as is the costume of the sailors.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk