Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13567

    H.M.S. Lady Nelson

    Date
    1803
    Creator
    Samuel John Neele (1753 - 1824, British) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    RCN42189
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 215mm
    width (print): 272mm
    Subject
    Content object
    transport
       > ship
    Description
    View on the River Thames, London, showing the Royal Navy survey ship the Lady Nelson, a 60-ton vessel equipped with sliding keel to the design of Captain (later Admiral) John Schank (c.1740-1823). The ship is shown under sail, starboard side, with the Thames shoreline behind, including windmills.

    The plate is inscribed above: ‘Page 1.’ Inscribed below: ‘VIEW of the LADY NELSON in the THAMES. This plate is respectfully Dedicated to Capt. John Schank, of the Royal Navy by his obedient Servant, J. Grant, Lieut. R.N. S.I.Neele sc. 352 Strand. Publish’d July. 1 1803 by T. Egerton, Whitehall.’

    Plate 1 from the book The narrative of a discovery…performed in his Majesty’s vessel the Lady Nelson…to New South Wales, by James Grant (London, for T. Egerton, 1803). This book was the product of Grant’s exploration voyages as lieutenant of the Lady Nelson, who made the first passage through the Bass Strait.

    The accompanying text states that: ‘On the 13th of January, 1800, the Lady Nelson hauled out of Deadman’s Dock into the River…We arrived at Gravesend on the 16th following. In going down the River, I had the satisfaction of observing that she worked well…’ From Portsmouth, the vessel arrived at Port Jackson, Australia, in December 1800.

    James Grant (1772-1833) British Royal Navy officer and navigator was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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