View of naval engagement at Flamborough head, 1779 (Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK) 54°06'59"N 00°04'38"W

John Boydell (1720-1804) (publisher) [bottom centre, below text:] Published Dec.^r 12.^th 1780, by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London.

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

Daniel Lerpiniere (1745-85) (engraver)

James Fittler (1758-1835) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] Lerpiniere & Fittler Sculp,,^nt

Sir Richard Pearson, Captain R.N. (1731-1806) (dedicatee)

Subject(s)

Watermark: None visible

Condition: one fold line

44.5 x 57.7 cm (neatline)

48.0 x 57.7 cm (image)

49.5 x 60.2 cm (platemark)

49.4 x 60.7 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

The memorable Engagement of Capt.ⁿ Pearson of the SERAPIS, / with Paul Jones of the Bon Homme Richard & his Squadron, Sep. 23. 1779. // Combat mémorable donné le 22. 7^bre. 1779, entre le Capitaine Pearson commandant / Le SERAPIS, et Paul Jones commandant Le Bon-Homme-Richard, & Son Escadre. [bottom centre, below view, in English and French, the titles separated by vertical bar]

Dedication:

[bottom centre, below title:] To Sir Richard Pearson Kn.^t whose Bravery & Conduct saved the Baltic Fleet, under his Convoy tho' obliged to / submit to a much superior force, This representation of that Action, Is with great Respect Inscribed, by his most obedient Servant, / Richard Paton.

Additional text:

[bottom, left of title and dedication, a list of the numbers of guns, men, killed and wounded on the Serapis, and the Bon Homme Richard, and of the enemy's forces; bottom, right of the titles and dedication, similar information in French.]

Annotations:

George III heading: [black pencil:] Military Naval Engagement 23 Sep 1779 Port folio No 5 -5.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, obscured by paper backing: the old heading, and:] XIV/49; [top left, black pencil:] 37; [bottom left, black pencil:] 78^a; [left of centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 37; [top right, black pencil, a letter?].

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

Title [ink:] Representation of the Engagement of Capt.ⁿ Pearson of the Serapis, with Paul Jones of the / Bon Homme Richard and his Squadron, 23.^d of Sep.^tr 1779: - by R. Paton, engraved by / Lerpiniere and Fittler, published by Boydell 1780 / Port-folio N.o [black pencil:] 5 - 2 Table / [in a modern hand, crossed out in black pencil:] UL Naval / [George III heading, red ink:] Naval Engagement 23 Sep. 1779; [black pencil, erased, partly legible:] oversize [?] XIV. 
Watermark: JWHATMAN 1811. 
Size: 48.3 x 33.4 cm (sheet).

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement Representation of the Engagement of Captain Pearson of the Serapis with Paul Jones of the Bon Homme Richard, and his Squadron, 23.^d of Sept.^r 1779: by R. Paton, engraved by Lerpiniere and Fittler: published by Boydell, 1780.

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.78