The Gallery of HMS 'Calcutta', also known as Officer and Ladies on Board HMS Calcutta, is an 1876 oil painting by the French artist James Tissot. It depicts two ladies in fashionable clothing and a yo
James Tissot, The Gallery of HMS 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth), 1876, Tate
HMS Excellent, c.1860
James Tissot, Summer, 1876, Tate
The Captain and the Mate, 1873
HMS Calcutta (1831)
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HMS Calcutta was an 84-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built in teak to a draught by Sir Robert Seppings and launched on 14 March 1831 at Bombay. She was the only ship ever built t
The Gallery of H.M.S. 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth)
…It depicts two ladies in fashionable clothing and a young naval lieutenant, standing on the quarter gallery at the stern of the Royal Navy warship HMS Calcutta. The Tate Gallery in London holds the painting and measures 68.6 by 91.8 centimetres (27.0 in × 36.1 in). HMS Calcutta was an 84-gun second rate ship…
The hulks of HMS Calcutta (left) and HMS Cambridge (right) off Plymouth, c. 1890
Calcutta at the capture of the Bocca Tigris forts in 1856