H.M.S. Swiftsure (1798)
Thomas Waters’ second voyage was on HMS Swiftsure, which had fought in the Battle of Trafalgar. This image is of Swiftsure becalmed near Algeciras, as sketched by one of her…
Admiralty House, Bermuda Island (1800s)
The Admiralty House at Bermuda Island where Thomas Waters Sr. likely lived during his tenure there. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. See also P. 38 of the By Sea, By…
Cape Coast Castle (1700s)
Cape Coast Castle, where Thomas visited, was a prison on the African Gold Coast for captured Africans who were headed for slavery. This photo shows it after having been rebuilt…
Colonel Edward Nicolls (Early 1800s)
This is the only known portrait of Colonel Edward Nicolls. He and his wife would become important society supporters of Thomas Sr. & Elizabeth Waters. See also P. 75 of…
Sketch of H.M.S. Barham (1833)
The HMS Barham, sketched during a squall on the morning of October 26, 1833. Part of a series of sketches by Charles Frederick de Brocktorff of Barham that year. Public…
Sir Walter Scott (1830)
A portrait of the famous author Sir Water Scott and his deerhound “Bran” painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1830, near the time of his voyage on Barham. Thomas…
H.M.S. Barham in Malta Harbour (1833)
H.M.S. Barham in Malta Harbour. September 25, 1833. Thomas Waters is on this voyage. The image also depicts a second vessel and several pinnaces. This view is another from the…
H.M.S. Barham Saluting Sultan of Ottoman Empire
Barham saluting the Mahmud II, Sultan of the great Ottoman Empire, in the Bay of Bosporus near Topikapi Palace in 1832. Thomas Waters Sr. was on this voyage and wrote…
International Squadron Carrying Prince Otto of Bavaria; HMS Barham in Attendance
The international squadron carrying Prince Otto of Bavaria to become King of Greece firing a salute off Nafplio, February 1833. In addition to the thousands who thronged to meet him…
Example of Opium Clipper
An example of an “opium clipper,” called Water Witch. A British barque built in 1831. Joseph Waters' ship, Antonio Pereira, would have looked like this. Hill, Norman (artist); Peck, James…
First Opium War (1839)
An engraving representing one of the battles of the First Opium War, the attack on the First Bar battery in the Canton River. From Edward Belcher (1843). Public domain, via…
Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1839)
Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Painting by Henry Guillaume Schlesinger now at the Musée de Versailles was made in 1839, just seven years after Thomas Sr. saw him…