Thank you all so much for taking time to have a go at puzzling this out. I hoped there might be a couple of responses, but never so many! The book belongs to a family member and I don't have it with me. We know nothing of its provenance. I remember there is only one watercolour, of Gibraltar seen from a named boat, and a pencil sketch of an unnamed village, the rest of the pages are blank. I will make contact to get a photo of the written title of the watercolour with boat name, and post it here - I think it was dated 1853.
Again thanks for your helpful suggestions.