Siege of Gibraltar, 1782

To GEN.L SIR GEO.E ELLIOT, LIEUT.T GEN.L BOYD, GEN.L LA MOTTE, MAJOR GEN.L GREENE, SIR ROGER CURTIS the OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS. / This Representation of the brave & gallant defence of Gibraltar, against the...

John Boydell (1720-1804) (publisher) [bottom centre, below edge of view:] John Boydell excudit 1784; [bottom centre, below title:] Publish'd Nov,,^r 1,,^st 1784, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.

After Richard Paton (1717-91) (artist) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Rich,,^d Paton Pinxit.

James Fittler (1758-1835) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] James Fittler, Sculpsit.

Sir George Augustus Eliott (1717-90) (dedicatee)

Watermark: None visible

Condition: one fold line. Verso: surface dirt

45.0 x 64.7 cm (neatline)

8.7 x 64.7 cm (image)

50.9 x 67.4 cm (platemark)

51.1 x 68.4 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

To GEN.^L SIR GEO.E ELLIOT, LIEUT.^T GEN.^L BOYD, GEN.^L LA MOTTE, MAJOR GEN.^L GREENE, SIR ROGER CURTIS the OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS. / This Representation of the brave & gallant defence of Gibraltar, against the united force of Spain and France, on the 14,,^th Sep,,^r 1782, for which important service / done their Country they received the thanks of both houses of Parliament. Is humbly inscribed by their most humble Servant / Richard Paton. [bottom, below view]

Annotations:

George III heading [black pencil:] Military Gibraltar 14 Sep 1782 Port folio No 3 G-3.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the old heading; bottom left, black pencil:] 92.f.(i); [left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 22; [top left, black pencil:] 22; [top right, black pencil:] 39; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1782-39.

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

TItle [ink:] Representation of the defence of Gibraltar against the united force of Spain and France on the 14.^th / Sept.^r 1782: by R. Paton, engraved by Fittler - published by Boydell 1784. / Port-folio N.^o [black pencil:] 3 ... 2 Table / [in a modern hand:] UL Naval / [black pencil and red ink, George III heading:] Gibraltar 14 Sep. 1782 [on same line, black pencil, erased, in a modern hand:] Oversize folder Box XIV. 
Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the scrolled letter W below. 
Size: 48.2 x 33.1 cm (sheet).

George III catalogue entry:

Gibraltar Representation of the defence of Gibraltar against the united force of Spain and France, on the 14.^th of Sept.^r 1782: by R. Paton, engraved by Fittler, published by Boydell, 1784.

Bibliographic reference(s)

C. de W. Crookshank, Prints of military operations: a catalogue raisonné with historical descriptions covering the period from the Norman Conquest to the campaign in Abyssinia, London 1921, section 33, no.36