Réunion, 1809

Attack on S.T PAUL’S ISLAND of BOURBON, Sept.r 21.st 1809, / By the British Squadron under Commodore Rowley consisting of H:M: Ships Raisonable, Boadicea, Sirius, Mereide, / Otter, & E.I.C. Schooner Wasp, and the Land...

Edward Orme (1775-28 September 1848) (publisher) [bottom centre, below title:] London: Published by Edw.^d Orme, Printseller to the King Engraver & Publisher, Bond Str.^t corner of Brook Street.

After Charles Leonard Irby (1789-1845) (artist) [bottom left, below edge of view:] The Hon,,^ble Charles Leonard Irby, R.N. Del.^t

C Calvert (active 1809) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] C. Calvert sculp.^t

Watermark: None visible

Condition: no fold lines; one crease line

14.5 x 21.2 cm (neatline)

18.2 x 21.2 cm (image)

20.9 x 25.8 cm (platemark)

22.9 x 27.9 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

Attack on S.^T PAUL’S ISLAND of BOURBON, Sept.^r 21.^st 1809, / By the British Squadron under Commodore Rowley consisting of H:M: Ships Raisonable, Boadicea, Sirius, Mereide, / Otter, & E.I.C. Schooner Wasp, and the Land Forces under L.^t Col. Keating 56,,^th Reg,,^t The advanced British Frigate, is the / Sirius Capt. Pym raking the French Frigate La Caroline, the first Battery, was taken by L,,^t Cottel, commanding R[l] / Marines & L,,^t Knight 56,,^th per Orders of L,,^t Col. Keating. [bottom, below view]

Annotations:

(Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] XV.153; [bottom right, black pencil:] 29. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 203*; [top right, black pencil:] 29.

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement View of the Attack on S.^t Pauls, Island of Bourbon, by the British Squadron under Commodore Rowley, and the Land Forces commanded by Lieut. Col.^l Keating, on the 21.^st of Sept.^r 1809: by the Hon.^ble C.L. Irby, engraved by Calvert, and published by Orme.

Bibliographic reference(s)

J.K. Laughton, 'Irby, Charles Leonard (1789–1845)', Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.