3-077-715 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Silver model of the Plymouth statue of Sir Francis Drake, for the Mess of the Royal Naval College, 1890. 'The statue of Francis Drake, by Mr. Boehm, R.A., erected on the Hoe at Plymouth, in commemoration of the Tercentenary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, has been reproduced in miniature by Messrs. Mappin and Webb, the figure being of sterling silver and the base in silver and ebony; and this statuette has been presented to the mess of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, by some of the pupils who have passed through the course of instruction, as a memento of one of England's greatest heroes, and an incentive to noble deeds. The statuette is a remarkably fine specimen of the modeller's and chaser's art, and worthily supports the high reputation of Messrs. Mappin and Webb for this class of work'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.