Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Situation of His Majesty's Ship BELLISLE, W.m Hargood Esq.r Captain, with the NAIAD Frigate, Captain Geoe Dundas, taking her in Tow at the close of the Action off Trafalgar 21.st October 1805
published 1 Feb 1807Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper | 25.6 x 35.9 cm (image) | RCIN 735123
Not described in Parker. The lettering of the title is faintly engraved, suggesting the possibility that this example may be a proof impression.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
George Andrews (active 1794-1813) (publisher) [bottom centre, below title:] Published Aug.t 12. 1806, by G. Andrews, No 7, Charing Cross.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
23.7 x 35.9 cm (neatline)
25.6 x 35.9 cm (image)
27.3 x 38.4 cm (platemark)
34.5 x 45.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Situation of His Majesty's Ship BELLISLE, W.m Hargood Esq.r Captain, with the NAIAD Frigate, Captain Geoe Dundas, taking her in Tow at the close of the Action off Trafalgar 21.st October 1805. [bottom, below view]
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 175.c.c.(i); [bottom right, black pencil, in an eighteenth/nineteenth-century hand?]: 7/6.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Situation of H.M. Ship Belleisle, Captain W.m Hargood, with the Naiad, Captain G. Dundas, taking her in tow at the close of the Action off Trafalgar, 21.st of Oct.r 1805: published by G. Andrews, 1806. [The same entry occurs under the heading Trafalgar.]
Subject(s)
Cabo Trafalgar, Andalusia, Spain (36°10'51"N 06°02'01"W)
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