Fifteen views of the Caribbean

including "From Sir Robert Schomburgk's House, St Domingo, 1855"; "Channel of Regina, St Domingo"; "Panorama of San Domingo from Consul House, Wolverene at anchor, 1855"; "H.M.S. Wolverene hove down for repairs in Bermuda Harbour, 1855"; "Church at Port Royal, Jamaica, 1854"; "H.M.S. Wolverene off Sacrificios Island; Sacrificios Island, 1854"; "Vera Cruz from Sacrificios Island"; and "H.M.S Bermuda wrecked on the Grand Caicos, W. Indies, 1855". Watercolours on paper measuring 255 by 355mm and smaller. Three signed "J Corbett". Bermuda, St Domingo, Jamaica et al, 1854 -

A wonderful group of watercolours illustrating life in the Caribbean during the mid-nineteenth century. Newly promoted to the rank of Commander, Corbett took charge of the Contract Mail ship Wolverine in Caribbean where these watercolours were executed. The ship was wrecked in 1855.

 

In a four decade career in the Royal Navy, John Corbett served variously in the Mediterranean, West Africa (where he was wounded in action at Lagos in 1851), the Caribbean and the Far East. He found himself on the HMS Inflexible during the Second Opium War (1855-60) and witnessed the destruction of the Chinese war-boats at Tuoung Konan and of the Fatshan flotilla.

Stock Code: 208245