View of naval engagement near Korkiansary, 1789 (Korkeussaaret or Korkiasaari, Southern Finland Islands) 60°28'59"N 27°04'59"E

G Wallberg (active 1789) (draughtsman and engraver) [bottom left, below edge of view:] Ritat och Graverat af G. Wallberg

Subject(s)

Watermark: Unclear: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a device below

Condition: no fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration

18.2 x 30.7 cm (neatline)

22.2 x 31.5 cm (image)

24.7 x 34.2 cm (platemark)

29.3 x 39.4 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

Affairen vid Korkiansary den 15 Augustÿ 1789. [bottom, below view]

Additional text:

[bottom, below view, in Swedish, an account of the action and three keys: A-H to the Swedish ships; a-f to the Russian ships, and 1-7 to the geographical features.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Naval Engagement off the Island of Korkiansary 15 Aug. 1789.

Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom, in margin, in late eighteenth-early nineteenth-century hand, black pencil:] Korkiansary – a small Island on the N. Coast of the Gulf of Finland near Friedrichshamn. (Verso) none.

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement A View of the Naval Engagement between the Russian and Swedish Fleets off the Island of Korkiansary near Friedrichshamn in the Gulf of Finland, on the 15.^th of August 1789: by G. Wallberg;