Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
Oporto, 1804
published 11 May 1805Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper, the paper backing brought round the edges of the recto | 42.3 x 52.8 cm (image) | RCIN 735114.b
Dedication: [bottom centre, below imprint:] TO THE UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS COFFEE HOUSE, / This Print is most respectfully inscribed / by their obliged humble Servant, / Christopher Stonehouse.
Additional text: [bottom, to each side of the dedication, a description of the action:] The Snow Jenny of London, Chrisr Stonehouse Master, on a Voyage from / Oporto, being attacked on the 29.th Nov.r 1804, by a French Privateer of / 18 Guns & having twice prevented the Launch from boarding, but being / brought to by a heavy fire of great Guns and Musketry Capt,,n S,, resolved / as the only means of escape to attempt the destruction of the Launch: / In doing which by a heave of the Sea, the Jenny struck the Privateer on / the Quarter with great violence, tore her Main Sail, & carried away her Boom, / when crossing her Wake the Launch towing astern was destroyed The enemy thus / disabled from making sail to Windward and having no Boat, the Jenny / proceeded and in about half an hour lost sight of her.
Condition: no fold lines.
John Peter Thompson (active 1792-1819) (publisher) [bottom centre, below edge of view:] London Published May 11. 1805. by John P. Thompson G.t Newport Street. Printseller to His Majesty, and the Duke & Duchess of York.
After William Anderson (1757-1837) (artist) [bottom left, below edge of view:] W. Anderson pinx.t
WJ White (active 1805) (engraver)
Joseph Jeakes (1778-c. 1829) (aquatinter) [bottom right, below edge of view:] Etch'd by W.J. White & Aquatinted by J. Jeakes
Watermark: None
Condition: no fold lines
38.0 x 52.8 cm (neatline)
42.3 x 52.8 cm (image)
44.5 x 56.6 cm (platemark)
46.4 x 58.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
No title
Dedication:
[bottom centre, below imprint:] TO THE UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS COFFEE HOUSE, / This Print is most respectfully inscribed / by their obliged humble Servant, / Christopher Stonehouse.
Additional text:
[bottom, to each side of the dedication, a description of the action:] The Snow Jenny of London, Chrisr Stonehouse Master, on a Voyage from / Oporto, being attacked on the 29.th Nov.r 1804, by a French Privateer of / 18 Guns & having twice prevented the Launch from boarding, but being / brought to by a heavy fire of great Guns and Musketry Capt,,n S,, resolved / as the only means of escape to attempt the destruction of the Launch: / In doing which by a heave of the Sea, the Jenny struck the Privateer on / the Quarter with great violence, tore her Main Sail, & carried away her Boom, / when crossing her Wake the Launch towing astern was destroyed The enemy thus / disabled from making sail to Windward and having no Boat, the Jenny / proceeded and in about half an hour lost sight of her.
Annotations:
(Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] 13; [top left, black pencil:] XV-114-2. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 169*; [bottom right, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 10 f 6.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement View of the Snow Jenny of London, Chris.r Stonehouse master, on a Voyage from Oporto being attacked on the 29.th of Nov.r 1804, by a French Privateer of 18 Guns: by W. Anderson, engraved by White and Jeakes, 1805.
Subject(s)
Porto, Porto, Portugal (41°08'58"N 08°36'39"W)
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