Journal of Manuscript Drawings, Made By a British Army Officer, Featuring Scenes From a Hunting Expedition with Young Prince George and His Adventure in Gibraltar. by Captain Dudley Worseley Anderson Pelham - 1938

Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Italy, 1938. Journal of manuscript drawings, some painted in watercolour, by British Army Captain Dudley Worseley Anderson Pelham (1812-1851) beginning with scenes from a hunting expedition with young Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, and of subsequent sojourns and adventures during his time stationed in Gibraltar. Two volumes. 8vo. containing approximately 60 drawings, a scant few are double-leafs, approximately 12 of these are painted in watercolour. The vast majority are in one volume. Half black calf over blue marbled boards, gilt rules to spine, the first volume with manuscript title label to front reading, "1838. Figueres, Gibraltar, Tetuan, Tangier. Dudley Pelham." The second volume contains a few drawings from Gibraltar and Naples. Some wear to boards, two leafs excised from the volume but loosely placed within, otherwise in very good condition, a pleasing volume. Dudley Worseley Anderson Pelham (1812-1851) was a British naval commander and Whig politician, born into British peerage. Attaining the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy on 15 February 1836, he served in that capacity onboard the Wasp, in the Mediterranean, from 21 October 1837 to April 1840. During this time, he had the distinct pleasure of going on a sport-hunting expedition in Gibraltar with Prince George, evidently also accompanying him to Tetouan where the local Moroccan leader hosted the British royal and his entourage. Pelham was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Boston in Lincolnshire at a by-election in 1849, a seat he held until his early death in April 1851, aged only 38. Firsthand scenes memorialized in manuscript drawings by a British peer and naval commander who accompanied Prince George, the First Duke of Cambridge, on a sport hunting expedition in Gibraltar, and a private reception where the prince was the guest of a Morrocan leader. Also featuring a tour of Tangier. A most unique nineteenth century sketch book with watercolours, encompassing scenes privileged to only a select few. There are 16 drawings made between 13-16 November 1838 during a hunting trip with an elite group inclusive of a British royal, Prinec George, Duke of Cambridge. As Royal Navy Commander, crusing Mediterranean waters from 1837 to 1840, and possibly longer, the artist would have visited the port of Gibraltar many times. Herein he sketches several delightful scenes. . Manuscript.