Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Devon Size:M: 50 x 40cm 13th August 1996

13th August 1996

with figures and a horse and carriage

Having rather unexpectedly taken office

indicated by the paper in the MP's hand

Two figures of effects produced by the explosion of copper wire positioned over a sheet of paper or glass when subjected to a high voltage electrical current

Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Devon Size:M: 50 x 40cm 13th August 1996Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS 'Impregnable', Devonport, Devon, 1896. HMS 'Impregnable' was a second rate ship of the line that became a training ship at Devonport in 1862. She was replaced in the role by HMS 'Howe' in 1886, with the 'Howe' being renamed 'Impregnable'. A succession of further ships served as HMS 'Impregnable' until the establishment was decommissioned in 1948. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 7th August