The Wreck of George the Third | Knud Bull | 1850 18th Century clean finish

clean finish

In the left background of the painting is another French frigate

In the left foreground Vernon's flagship

1798 attributed to Thomas Buttersworth

An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Edward Pellew

The Wreck of George the Third | Knud Bull | 1850 18th Century clean finishGeorge III sailed from Woolwich on 14 December 1834 for Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, under the command of Captain William Hall Moxey, with a total of 308 persons on board. There were 220 male convicts, plus guards, their families, and crew. On 27 January 1835, a fire broke out while George III was nearing the equator. It was extinguished with only great difficulty and all on board were put on reduced rations as the fire had destroyed part of the