Ushant, 1794

DESCRIPTION / DE LA / GRAVURE de la VICTOIRE remportée par le LORD HOWE / sur la FLOTTE FRANÇAISE, le 1er Juin, 1794. // DESCRIPTION / OF THE / PRINT OF EARL HOWE’S VICTORY over the FRENCH FLEET, / JUNE THE FIRST, 1794

James Fittler (1758-1835) (engraver)

Philipp Jakob de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) (artist)

Robert Cribb (active 1789-1810) (publisher)

Valentine Green (1739-1813) and Rupert Green (1767/8-1804) (publisher)

Constantine Geisweiler (active 1796-1801) (publisher)

Christian von Mechel (1737-1817) (publisher) [recto, top, following on from titles:] Gravée par M. JACQUES FITTLER, Graveur de Marine de sa MAJESTÉ / D’après le tableau de P.J. de LOUTHERBOURG, Ecuyer, R.A. / PUBLIÉE à LONDRES, le 1er JANVIER, 1799, / Par CHR. DE MECHEL chez C. GEISWRILER, No. 54, Pallmall, et / Pour V. et R. GREEN, par R. CRIBB, No.288, Holborn. // ENGRAVED by Mr. JAMES FITTLER MARINE ENGRAVER to His MAJESTY / FROM / A PICTURE Painted by P.J. DE LOUTHERBOURG, Esq; R.A. / LONDON, PUBLISHED JANUARY 1st, 1799, / For V. and R. GREEN, by R. CRIBB, No. 288, Holborn, and by CHR. DE MECHEL, / at C. GEISWELLER’S; No. 54, Pallmall; [verso, bottom centre, inside border:] Published January 1,^s,^t 1799. for V. & R. Green. by R, Crib, N,,^o 288 Holborn. and by Chr, de Mechel at C. Geisweiler’s N,,^o 54 Pall Mall London.

Watermark: I V. The ‘I’ has a broad body, similar to that shown at Heawood 1830.

Condition: no fold lines; an area of double printing occurs top centre, perhaps where the paper moved during the printing process

25.6 x 41.4 cm (image on recto)

11.4 x 23.5 cm (verso: image and neatline)

12.7 x 25.5 cm (platemark on verso)

24.3 x 37.4 cm (verso: image of whole object)

29.0 x 45.3 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

DESCRIPTION / DE LA / GRAVURE de la VICTOIRE remportée par le LORD HOWE / sur la FLOTTE FRANÇAISE, le 1^er Juin, 1794. // DESCRIPTION / OF THE / PRINT OF EARL HOWE’S VICTORY over the FRENCH FLEET, / JUNE THE FIRST, 1794, [explanatory text to RCIN 735026.a on recto]

Printed title:

Index to the Ships Represented in the Print of / EARL HOWE’S VICTORY, June 1;^st 1794. [top centre of verso]

Additional text:

[verso, above imprint, a key, 1-15, to the names of the ships in the view.] [Below the engraved index plate, a letterpress list of the ships, number of guns, and names of the commanders, in the British and French lines of battle.]

Annotations:

George III heading [black pencil:] Military Naval Engagement 1 June 1794 Port-folio N.^o

Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, cropped: the old heading]; [top right, black pencil:] 23; [bottom right, black pencil, in Evelyn Heaton-Smith’s hand?:] 1794-23. (Verso) none.

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement The Glorious victory obtained over the French Fleet by the British Fleet under the command of Earl Howe on the 1.st of June 1794: by P.I. de Loutherbourg, engraved by James Fittler, 1799: with an Index plate and a Description.

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.102.d