American War of Independence (1775-83)
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Naval battle at Ushant, 1779
To the King’s most excellent Majesty / This plate REPRESENTING THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE QUEBEC FRIGATE, CAP.N GEORGE FARMER, and the / SURVEILLANTE FRIGATE, MONSIEUR COUËDIC. / Is with His gracious Permission most...
published 1780Engraving and etching; printed on paper; laid down on paper, the paper brought round the edges of the recto | 47.8 x 59.0 cm (image) | RCIN 734050
Condition: one fold line.
George Carter (1737-94) (artist and publisher) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Painted by George Carter; Publish’d as the Act directs Oct.r 1. 1780 by Geo. Carter of Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London.
James Caldwall (1739-1822) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] Engraved by J. Caldwall
Watermark: None visible
Condition: one fold line
42.7 x 59.0 cm (neatline)
47.8 x 59.0 cm (image)
49.1 x 51.8 cm (platemark)
50.2 x 62.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
To the King’s most excellent Majesty / This plate REPRESENTING THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE QUEBEC FRIGATE, CAP.N GEORGE FARMER, and the / SURVEILLANTE FRIGATE, MONSIEUR COUËDIC. / Is with His gracious Permission most humbly Dedicated, by his Majesty’s most faithful & most dutiful Subject & Servant / George Carter. [bottom centre, below view, to each side of the coat of arms of George III]
Annotations:
George III heading: [black pencil:] Military Naval Engagement 6 Oct 1779 Port folio No 5-7.
Other annotations: (Recto) [along left edge, black pencil, erased:] [?] N.o 5. (Verso) [bottom left, obscured by paper backing: the old heading]; [bottom left, black pencil:] 79.c; [left of centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 39; [top left, black pencil:] 39; [top right, black pencil, a letter?].
K. Mil. dummy sheet:
Title [ink:] Representation of the Engagement between the Quebec Frigate, Capt.n Farmer, and the / Surveillante Frigate, M.r Couëdic: - by G. Carter, engraved by Caldwell 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: 48.3 x 33.3 cm (sheet).George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Representation of the Engagement between the Quebec Frigate, Captain Farmer, and the Surveillante Frigate, M. Couedic, on the 6.th of Oct.r 1779: by G. Carter, engraved by Caldwell, 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.72c
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