The Gallery of H.M.S. 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth)

James Tissot, The Gallery of HMS 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth), 1876, Tate
HMS Excellent, c.1860
James Tissot, Summer, 1876, Tate

The Gallery of HMS 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth), also known as Officer and Ladies on Board HMS Calcutta, is an 1876 oil painting by the French artist James Tissot. It depicts two ladies in fashionable clothing and a young naval lieutenant, standing on the quarter gallery at the stern of the Royal Navy warship HMS Calcutta. The Tate Gallery in London holds the painting and measures 68.6 by 91.8 centimetres (27.0 in × 36.1 in).


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