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Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
Views of naval engagements and maps of battles
San Domingo Bay, 1806 (Santo Domingo Bay, Dominican Republic) 18°18'00"N 70°03'00"W
published 12 Jan 1808Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed in a bluey-grey ink on paper; laid down on paper, the paper backing brought round the edges of the recto | 47.0 x 65.9 cm (image) | RCIN 735126.b
One of a pair of prints; the companion is at RCIN 735126.a. The lettering of the title is faintly engraved; the upper-case letters are engraved in outline, suggesting the possibility that this example is a proof impression. Captain Smith's name does not appear among the list of those present at this action according to Parker. Parker ascribes the engraving to R.B. Harraden, however, the initials 'R.B.' do not appear on either of these views.
For further reading, see:
A.B. Sainsbury, 'Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, first baronet (1748–1817)', DNB, 2004; online edition 2009.
S. Howarth, 'Cochrane, Sir Alexander Inglis (1758–1832)', Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edition 2011.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
George Andrews (active 1794-1813) (publisher) [bottom centre, below title:] Published January 12. 1808, by G. Andrews, at his Naval Repository, 7 Charing Cross.
Captain Smith (active 1806) (draughtsman) [bottom left, below edge of view:] From a Drawing of Capt. Smith.
Richard Bankes Harraden (1778-1862) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] Engraved by Harraden.
Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817) (dedicatee)
Subject(s)
Royal NavyNavy-FranceSir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817)Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
42.3 x 65.9 cm (neatline)
47.0 x 65.9 cm (image)
51.4 x 73.2 cm (platemark)
53.6 x 75.4 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
TO SIR JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH, K.B. &,c &,c COMMANDER IN CHEIF. [sic] / The Several Captains, Officers, Seamen, & Marines, this Plate & the Companion of their Gallant Attack of the French Fleet in S,,t Domingo Bay / Is most respectfully Dedicated, by their much obliged, & very Humble Serv,,t / Geo: Andrews. [bottom centre, below view]
Annotations:
(Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] XV-126.b. Feby. 6-1806. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 178.a.(i); [centre, black pencil, eighteenth/nineteenth-century hand?]: 1806-17; [centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 1806-17.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Two Views of the attack and defeat of the French Fleet in S.t Domingo Bay by Sir Tho.s Duckworth and Rear Admiral Alex.r Cochrane, on the 6.th of Feb.y 1806: by Captain Smith, engraved by Harraden and published by Andrews, 1808.
Subject(s)
Santo Domingo Bay, Dominican Republic (18°18'00"N 70°03'00"W)
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.178.a
A.B. Sainsbury, 'Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, first baronet (1748–1817)', DNB, 2004; online edition 2009.
S. Howarth, 'Cochrane, Sir Alexander Inglis (1758–1832)', Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edition 2011.
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