Ferrol, 1805 (Ferrol, Galicia, Spain) 43°28'59"N 08°14'12"W

Robert Dodd (1748-1815) (artist, engraver and publisher) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Painted & Engraved by R. Dodd; [bottom centre, below title:] Published by R. Dodd, Charing Cross. Nov.^r 1805.

Subject(s)

Watermark: On print?, cropped: SMITH [and] 180[?]

Condition: no fold lines; small tear to left edge. Verso: surface dirt and discoloured

44.5 x 71.0 cm (neatline)

47.6 x 71.0 cm (image)

50.6 x 75.5 cm (platemark)

52.5 x 77.6 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

Sir Robert Calders Action with the Combined Fleet of French & Spaniards on the 22,,^d July 1805, as seen from the Frisk Cutter at an interval of the Fog clearing away. [bottom, below view]

Annotations:

(Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] 10; [top left, black pencil:] XV-120. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, Evelyn Heaton-Smith's hand:] 173.a; [bottom right, black pencil or ink, obscured by paper backing:] £1-1-0; [centre, black pencil:] 10; [centre, blue pencil or ink, obscured by paper backing:] 10.

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement Sir Robert Calder's Action with the combined Fleet of French and Spaniards on the 22.^d of July 1805, as seen from the Frisk Cutter at an interval of the fog clearing away: by R. Dodd, 1805.

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.173.a