Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Cape of Good Hope, 1806 (Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa) 34°21'30"S 18°28'21"E
1806 or laterAquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper | 33.5 x 45.1 cm (image) | RCIN 735130
One of a pair of views representing the East Indiaman Warren Hastings before her encounter with the French frigate Piemontaise and the point after the battle when the Captain of the Warren Hastings was surrendering to the French. The first view (RCIN 735129) depicts the Warren Hastings just before being brought into action with the French frigate Piedmontaise. At the time of the engagement, the Warren Hastings, nominally a 40-gun ship, had only 36 guns in service and a crew of 138 men and boys.
In this view the Warren Hastings appears to be flying a Red Ensign, not the flag of the East India Company. The Red Ensign was used for British merchant shipping at this time.
Additional text: [bottom left, below edge of view:] Warren Hastings 40 Guns [blank space] Men [bottom right, below edge of view:] La Pie'mont'aise 46 Guns, 385 Men.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
Robert Dodd (1748-1815) (publisher) [bottom centre, below title:] London Publish'd by Robt Dodd, Marine Painter, near the Admiralty
Subject(s)
Royal NavyNavy-FrancePiamontaise, La (French Frigate)Warren Hastings (ship)Watermark: Cropped: S [and] 1802
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
31.2 x 45.1 cm (neatline)
33.5 x 45.1 cm (image)
35.9 x 49.0 cm (platemark)
40.2 x 54.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Situation of the Hon,,ble Companys Ship WARREN HASTINGS, after four hours fighting and being compelled to strike to LA PIE'MONT'AISE. [bottom, below view]
Additional text:
[bottom left, below edge of view:] Warren Hastings 40 Guns [blank space] Men [bottom right, below edge of view:] La Pie'mont'aise 46 Guns, 385 Men.
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement 21 June 1806.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 182.a.(ii); [bottom right, black pencil, eighteenth/nineteenth-century hand?]: 7/6.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement View of the Honble Company's Ship Warren Hastings on the 21.st of June 1806 after four hours fighting and being compelled to strike to la Piedmontaise: by R. Dodd.
Subject(s)
Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa (34°21'30"S 18°28'21"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.182.a
J.E. Barnard, Building Britain's Wooden Walls 'The Barnard Dynasty c.1697-1851', Oswestry, 1997
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