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Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1780
To S.R G.B. RODNEY Bar.t ADM.L of the WHITE and K.T of the MOST HON: ORDER of the BATH &c. / This Representation of the Defeat of a Squadron of Spanish Ships under the Command of Don Juan de Langara, Rear Admiral...
published 1782Engraving and etching; printed on paper; laid down on paper, the paper brought round the edges of the recto | 47.4 x 57.5 cm (image) | RCIN 734053
The Battle of Cape St Vincent was the first major naval victory for the British over their European enemies during the war.
For further reading, see:
K. Breen, 'Rodney, George Bridges, first Baron Rodney (bap. 1718, d. 1792)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.
Condition: no fold lines.
John Boydell (1720-1804) (publisher) [bottom centre, under edge of view:] John Boydell excudit 1782.
[bottom centre, under dedication:] Published May 6.th 1782, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London.Richard Paton (1717-91) (artist) [bottom left, under edge of view:] Rich.d Paton Pinxit.
Daniel Lerpiniere (1745-85) (engraver) [bottom right, under edge of view:] Dan.l Lerpiniere Sculpsit
George Bridges, 1st Baron Rodney (1719-92) (dedicatee)
Watermark: A dovecote with three birds; countermark: indistinct, two names
Condition: no fold lines
43.9 x 57.5 cm (neatline)
47.4 x 57.5 cm (image)
48.9 x 60.2 cm (platemark)
49.1 x 61.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
To S.R G.B. RODNEY Bar.t ADM.L of the WHITE and K.T of the MOST HON: ORDER of the BATH &c. / This Representation of the Defeat of a Squadron of Spanish Ships under the Command of Don Juan de Langara, Rear Admiral, by a Squadron of His Majestys Ships under his Command, / off Cape S.t Vincent on the 16.th Jany 1780, / Is (by Permission) most humbly Inscribed by his most Devoted and Obedient Servant / Rich.d Paton. [bottom centre, below view]
Annotations:
George III heading: [black pencil:] Military Naval Engagement 16 Jan 1780 Port folio No 5.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 81.c.; [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the old heading]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1780-4; [left of centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 3; [top right, black pencil, a letter?].
K. Mil. dummy sheet:
Title [ink:] Representation of the Defeat of a Squadron of Spanish Ships, commanded by Don / Juan de Langara; by a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, commanded by Admiral / Sir G. B. Rodney; off Cape S.t Vincent, on the 16.th of Jan.y 1780: - by R. Paton, engraved / by Lerpiniere - published by Boydell 1782 / Port-folio N.o [black pencil:] 5 - 2 Table / [in a modern hand, crossed out in black pencil:] U.L. Naval / [George III heading, red ink:] Naval Engagement 16 Jan. 1780; [black pencil, erased, partly legible:] oversize folder Box XIV.
Watermark: J WHATMAN 1811.
Size: 48.0 x 33.2 cm (sheet).George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Representation of the Defeat of a Squadron of Spanish Ships commanded by Don Juan de Langara, by a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, commanded by Admiral Sir G. B. Rodney, off Cape S.t Vincent, on the 16.th of January 1780: by R. Paton, engraved by Lerpiniere and published by Boydell, 1782.
Subject(s)
Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal (37°01'21"N 08°59'25"W)
Bibliographic reference(s)
H. Parker, Naval battles from the collection of prints formed and owned by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust. With an introduction by C.N. Robinson, 2 vols., London 1911, no.81c
K. Breen, 'Rodney, George Bridges, first Baron Rodney (bap. 1718, d. 1792)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.
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