(Recto) Unfinished watercolour of the 'Britannia' anchored in 'Mulah Bay' (Vourla Urla Bay), Turkey, west of Smyrna (Izmir) PAI0875

(Recto) Unfinished watercolour of the 'Britannia' anchored in 'Mulah Bay' (Vourla/ Urla Bay), Turkey, west of Smyrna (Izmir); (Verso) Mulah Bay (continued on PAI0875 recto)
No. 26 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884).
(Recto) Inscribed top right 'Mulah / Sept 18th 1852' and below 'Britannia' and to the right centre 'Cape Karrabourun', which is the high land seen over the spit that extends to the right. The location is the west side of Urla Bay, within the deep north facing indentation on the Turkish coast which has Urla and Izmir (Smyrna) at its southern end. While the coast is fairly finished the ship, especially the masts and rigging, is not. Local boats and sparse buildings ashore suggest the rurally remote nature of the spot near of Smyrna. Cape Karaburun, from the nearby village of that name is the north-west end of the bay.
(Verso) Inscribed top left ‘Mulah Bay / Sept 18th 52 / Turkey’ (Urla Bay) and at the bottom, identifying the island on the left as ‘Round Island’, and just to its right in the distance the position of ‘Smyrna’, modern Izmir. The coast begins to rise to the right and continues onto the recto of PAI0875 as a panoramic drawing across two full sides of the sketchbook, which is a study of the coast’s form and shades of colour.

Unfinished watercolour of the 'Britannia' anchored in 'Mulah Bay'