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Lot 66

Nicholas Matthew Condy
(British, 1818-1851)
The brig-sloop H.M.S. 'Acorn' in a light breeze in the Channel 30.5 x 40.7cm. (12 x 16in.)

27 February 2007, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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Nicholas Matthew Condy (British, 1818-1851)

The brig-sloop H.M.S. 'Acorn' in a light breeze in the Channel
signed 'N.Condy Junr.' and dated 1841 (lower left), bears inscription on reverse
oil on board
30.5 x 40.7cm. (12 x 16in.)

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Parker Gallery.

Ordered in January 1836, ‘Acorn’ was one of the fourteen ‘Pilot’ class brig-sloops, all of which gave much valuable service during their long careers. Built at Plymouth, ‘Acorn’ was launched on 15th November 1838 and measured at 481 tons. Completed the following year and armed with 12-32pounder carronades, her first commission was to the Cape of Good Hope where she remained until coming home in the spring of 1841. In June that same year she was sent to Rio de Janeiro and during these two commissions – under Commander John Adams – she took a large number of prizes, the most famous of which was the ‘Gabriel’, a piratical slave brig, after a spirited action in the South Atlantic on 6th July 1841. Returning to Plymouth in September 1843, she saw her first wartime action against Chinese war-junks in Fatshan Creek on 1st June 1857, during the Second Opium War, and she also served off Canton in 1858. After a brief spell as a coal hulk in Shanghai in 1861, she was cleaned and refitted to become a hospital ship on the East India and China Stations, a role she retained until 1868 when she was laid up prior to sale in Yokohama the following year.

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