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Augustus Earle
Life on the ocean, representing the usual
occupations of the young officers in the steerage
of a British frigate at sea [detail], c.1836
oil on canvas
58.4 x 91.4 cm
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Earle painted the oil from a scene he sketched while the
Hyperion remained on watch in Callao bay in 1820.