French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
Maps and prints of naval engagements collected by George III during the decade of war
Battle of Camperdown, 1797
View of the BRITISH FLEET at Noon on the 11 October 1797, Bearing down to attack the DUTCH FLEET, under the Command of ADMIRAL DE WINTER, with the Action commencing in the Rear by his Majesty's Ship the Monarch
published Mar 1798Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; with engraved and letterpress index plate. Print and index plate laid down on paper, the paper backing brought round the edges of the recto of the print. | 47.5 x 70.1 cm (image) | RCIN 735057.a
A view of the Battle of Camperdown, fought on 11 October 1797 between a British fleet under the command of Admiral Adam Duncan, and a Dutch fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter, resulting in a British victory. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802).
This naval battle was a major engagement resulting in what was considered to be the greatest ever victory for a British fleet against an equal opponent up to that date. Admiral Duncan was created 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown on 30 October 1797.
The companion print is at RCIN 735057.b.
Robert Dodd (1748-1815) (artist and engraver) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Painted & Engraved by R.t Dodd.
John Brydon (active 1783-1806) (publisher) [bottom centre, below title and dedication:] London Published by I. Brydon, Charing Cross, and R. Dodd N.o 22 Lisson Green, March 1798.
Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1731-1804) (dedicatee)
Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines
43.4 x 70.1 cm (neatline)
47.5 x 70.1 cm (image)
50.3 x 75.7 cm (platemark)
51.5 x 76.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
View of the BRITISH FLEET at Noon on the 11 October 1797, Bearing down to attack the DUTCH FLEET, under the Command of ADMIRAL DE WINTER, with the Action commencing in the Rear by his Majesty's Ship the Monarch. [bottom, below view]
Dedication:
[below title of view:] To Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan, Commander in Chief, Vice Admiral Sir Richard Onslow Bar.t Commander of the Red Division, the several Captains, the Officers, / Seamen, and Marines, who so gallantly asserted the honor of the British Flag; THIS PLATE is with the greatest respect, Inscribed by their obed.t Servant / Rob.t Dodd.
Annotations:
George III heading [black pencil:] Military Naval Engagement 11 Oct 1797 Port folio No 5.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the old heading; bottom left, black pencil:] 126.c; [top left, black pencil:] 34; [top right, black pencil:] 35; [centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 34.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement View of the British Fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Duncan at noon on the 11.th of Oct.r 1797, bearing down to attack the Dutch Fleet commanded by Admiral de Winter; with the Action commencing in the rear by H.M. Ship the Monarch. / The Dutch Fleet defeated on the afternoon of the 11.th of Oct.r 1797; shewing the Flag Ship of Admiral de Winter dismasted and on the point of surrendering to the British Admiral; with views of the other prizes: by Dodd, 1798: with an Explanation of both the Prints.
Subject(s)
Camperduin, North Holland, Netherlands (52°43'11"N 04°38'37"E)
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, London 1911, no.126.c. This is the first of a pair of prints by Dodd on this subject. Parker gives the address for Robert Dodd as ‘Lisson Grove’; this is a mistranscription and should read ‘Lisson Green’
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