Charlestown, 1776

A N.W.b.N. View of CHARLES TOWN from on board the Bristol Commodore Sir Peter Parker Kn,,t &c. &c. taken in Five Fathom / Hole the day after the Attack upon Fort Sulivan by the Commodore & his Squadron, which Action continued...

William Faden (1 July 1749-21 March 1836) (engraver and publisher) [bottom centre, below view:] LONDON. Engrav’d & Publish’d according to Act of Parliament Aug.^t 10.^th 1776. by W.^m Faden Corner of S.^t Martins Lane Charing Cross

Thomas James (active 1748) (draughtsman)

Sir Peter Parker (1721-1811) (dedicatee)

Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters G R below

Condition: no fold lines. Verso: offsetting; induced discolouration

19.9 x 30.7 cm (image)

16.5 x 30.7 cm (image of view)

18.2 x 31.6 cm (platemark of view)

11.6 x 29.1 cm (neatline of view)

28.3 x 43.3 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

A N.W.b.N. View of CHARLES TOWN from on board the Bristol Commodore Sir Peter Parker Kn,,^t &c. &c. taken in Five Fathom / Hole the day after the Attack upon Fort Sulivan by the Commodore & his Squadron, which Action continued 9 hours & 40 minutes. [bottom, below view and imprint]

Dedication:

[bottom, printed from a separate copperplate:] To Commodore Sir Peter Parker Kn,,^t &c. &c. &c. This View is Most humbly Dedicated & presented by / L,,^t Colonel Tho,,^s James R,,^l R,,^t of Artillery Five Fathom Hole South Carolina, June 29,,^th 1776.

Annotations:

George III heading: Charlestown 29 June 1776.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] XVII/[?]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XVII/[37]-1.

George III catalogue entry:

Charlestown A View of Charlestown and of the Squadron under the command of Commodore Sir Peter Parker, taken from on board the Bristol on the 29.^th of June 1776: by Lieut. Col. Thomas James, published by Faden, 1776.