Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus Paul Cézanne Bacon is shown wearing a

Bacon is shown wearing a doublet and black gown

in reference to Manby's invention of a life saving mortar for use in shipwrecks

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Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus Paul Cézanne Bacon is shown wearing aTorpedo instruction on board HMS 'Theseus', 1896. Four sailors with a Whitehead torpedo. The 'Theseus' was a cruiser launched in 1892. The self propelled torpedo was invented by Robert Whitehead, a British engineer, in 1866. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 12th June 1896.