The 'Earl of Abergavenny' in full sail. Oil painting.

The 'Earl of Abergavenny' Illustrator: Luny, Thomas 1801 Source/Shelfmark: Foster 59 The 'Earl of Abergavenny', East Indiaman, off Southsea, 1801 Inscribed: 'T Luny, 1801' 34 by 60 ins (86.5 by 152 cms) Purchased from R. Wordsworth-Smith, 1896 This vessel (1,200 tons), was wrecked on Portland Shambles, 5 February, 1805, with the loss of nearly 300 persons and a cargo valued at £200,000. The captain, who went down with it, was John Wordsworth, younger brother of the poet, who alludes to him in his 'Lines on' a 'picture of Peel Castle in a storm' and again in 'The fir grove path' and 'Nature and the' 'poet'. He had previously commanded the same ship in Dance's action.