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Naval battle at Ushant, 1779
The distressed situation of the QUEBEC & the SURVEILLANTE / a French Ship of War. // Etat malheureux du QUEBEC et de la SURVEILLANTE / Vaisseau de Guerre Francois
published 1780Engraving and etching; printed on paper; laid down on paper, the paper brought round the edges of the recto | 47.5 x 57.6 cm (image) | RCIN 734051
Dedication: [bottom, below title:] In memory of the much lamented tho' glorious Death of Capt.n Farmer, / who when he had silenced his Enemy was blown up in his Ship after / an Action of three Hours & a half on the 6.th of October 1779. // A la memoire de la triste mais glorieuse Mort du Capitaine Farmer, / qui apres avoir fait taire le Feu de l'Enemi, perit dans l'Explosion / de son Vaisseau, apres trois heures et demie de Combat le 6.e Octobre 1779. / This Representation, is with great Veneration Dedicated to the Officers of the Royal Navy, by their most obedient Servant / Richard Paton.
Condition: one fold line.
John Boydell (1720-1804) (publisher) [bottom centre, below edge of view:] J. Boydell excudit 1780.
[bottom centre, below dedication:] Published Dec.r 12.th 1780, by John Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside. London.Richard Paton (1717-91) (artist) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Rich.d Paton Pinx.t
Daniel Lerpiniere (1745-85) (engraver)
James Fittler (1758-1835) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] Fittler & Lerpiniere Sculp.nt
Captain George Farmer (1732-79) (dedicatee)
Watermark: Indistinct
Condition: one fold line
44.0 x 57.6 cm (neatline)
47.5 x 57.6 cm (image)
49.0 x 60.2 cm (platemark)
49.4 x 60.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
The distressed situation of the QUEBEC & the SURVEILLANTE / a French Ship of War. // Etat malheureux du QUEBEC et de la SURVEILLANTE / Vaisseau de Guerre Francois. [bottom, below view, in English and French, each title separated by two vertical lines]
Dedication:
[bottom, below title:] In memory of the much lamented tho' glorious Death of Capt.n Farmer, / who when he had silenced his Enemy was blown up in his Ship after / an Action of three Hours & a half on the 6.th of October 1779. // A la memoire de la triste mais glorieuse Mort du Capitaine Farmer, / qui apres avoir fait taire le Feu de l'Enemi, perit dans l'Explosion / de son Vaisseau, apres trois heures et demie de Combat le 6.e Octobre 1779. / This Representation, is with great Veneration Dedicated to the Officers of the Royal Navy, by their most obedient Servant / Richard Paton.
Annotations:
George III heading: [black pencil:] Military Naval Engagement 6 Oct 1779 Port folio No 5 – 8.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 79.a.; [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the old heading]; [left of centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 41; [top left, black pencil:] 41; [top right, black pencil, a letter?].
K. Mil. dummy sheet:
Title [ink:] The distressed situation of the Quebec, and the Surveillante a French Ship of War, / after the action of the 6.th of Oct.r 1779; by R. Paton, engraved by Fittler and Lerpiniere, / published by Boydell 1780 / Port-folio N.o [black pencil:] 5 - 2 Table /[in a modern hand, crossed out in black pencil:] UL Naval / [old heading, red ink:] Naval Engagement 6 Oct. 1779; [black pencil, erased, partly legible:] oversize folder Box XIV.
Watermark: JWHATMAN 1811.
Size: 48.1 x 33.2 cm (sheet).George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement The distressed Situation of the Quebec and the Surveillante, a French Ship of War, after the Action of the 6.th of Oct.r 1779: by R. Paton, engraved by Fittler and Lerpiniere, published by Boydell, 1780.
Subject(s)
Ushant, Brittany, France (48°27'27"N 05°05'46"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.79a
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