{"product_id":"cmdr-alfred-m-causton-rn-quarantine-ship-off-port-adelaide-south-australia-original-1869-watercolour-painting-kd-926","title":"Cmdr Alfred M. Causton RN, Quarantine Ship off Port Adelaide, South Australia – 1869 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1869 watercolour painting – Cmdr Alfred M. Causton RN, Quarantine Ship off Port Adelaide, South Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fantastic, unusual travel sketch by Royal Naval Commander Alfred Malcolm Causton (1845–1921). Painted in 1869, the work shows a British passenger ship off Port Adelaide. The ship flies a solid yellow quarantine flag, to indicate diseased passengers. The red flag with black circle is possibly indicates that it is a ship of the Liverpool Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, a fleet of packet ships running cargo and passenger services between Liverpool, England, and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt this time, Commander Causton served on board HMS Himalaya, a Royal Navy troopship, which carried troops to garrisons abroad and seamen to join ships on foreign stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis painting forms part of a collection by Causton that we have for sale, sketched between 1868 and 1874. The pictures chart Causton's maritime travels across the globe, from the UK and Europe to Australia, New Zealand and the South Sea islands of Fiji and Samoa, via Cape Colony (South Africa), Cape Horn (Chile) and the West Indies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe location depicted and date were identified on the facing page in the sketchbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour with pen and ink and white bodycolour highlights. Please note the small size of this artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55301823136073,"sku":"KD-926","price":128.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-926.jpg?v=1789035247","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/it\/products\/cmdr-alfred-m-causton-rn-quarantine-ship-off-port-adelaide-south-australia-original-1869-watercolour-painting-kd-926","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}