View of the Battle of Dogger Bank, 1781 (Dogger Bank, North Sea, UK) 55°00'00"N 03°00'00"E

Robert Pollard [the Elder] (1755/6-1839) (engraver and publisher) [bottom, below title and dedication:] Painted by D. Serres Esq:^r R.A. Marine Painter to his Majesty, and Engraved by R. Pollard. LONDON, Published the 1:^st of May, 1782 by R. Wilkinson, N.^o 58. Cornhill, and R. Pollard Braynes Row, Spa Fields.

After Dominic Serres the Elder (1722-93) (artist)

Robert Wilkinson (active 1779-1816) (publisher)

Sir Hyde Parker (1714-82) (dedicatee)

Subject(s)

Watermark: Dovecote; countermark: two words above each other, indistinct

Condition: one fold line

43.0 x 58.4 cm (neatline)

47.0 x 58.4 cm (image)

[top cropped] x 61.5 cm (platemark)

49.2 x 61.8 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

The Representation of the Action between the British Fleet under the Command of VICE ADMIRAL PARKER and the DUTCH FLEET under the Command of Vice Admiral Zoutman on the DOGGER BANK the 5^th of Aug.^st 1781. / at the time the Dutch Admiral having bore away, the English Admiral filled, and passing to Leeward of the Buffalo, which was unable to make sail engaged the Enemys headmost Ships in succession, the Ships astern following him up. [bottom, below view, to each side of the arms of Sir Hyde Parker]

Dedication:

[bottom, below title:] To Vice Admiral Parker by whose Signal Bravery & Conduct the Honour of the British Flag was so ably Asserted in the above Memorable Action / This PLATE is dedicated by his most obliged and devoted Servants ROBERT WILKINSON and ROBERT POLLARD.

Annotations:

George III heading: [black pencil:] Military Naval Engagement 5 August 1781 Port folio No 5.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 87.a; [bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the old heading]; [top right, black pencil]: [7 or L]; [bottom right, black pencil:] 1781-7; [left of centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 4.

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

Title [ink:] Representation of the Action between the British Fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral / Parker, and the Dutch Fleet, under the command of Vice Admiral Zoutman, on the Dogger / Bank, on the 5.^th of August 1781: by D. Serres, engraved by R. Pollard 1782, with a Description / Port-folio N.^o [black pencil:] 5 - 2 Table [in a modern hand, crossed out in black pencil:] UL Naval / [George III heading, red ink:] Naval Engagement 5 Aug. 1781; [black pencil, erased:] Oversize folder Box XIV. 
Watermark: fleur-de-lys in shield, the scrolled letter W below. 
Size: 48.1 x 33.2 cm (sheet).

George III catalouge entry:

Naval Engagement Representation of the Action between the British Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Parker and the Dutch Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Zoutmann, on the Dogger Bank, on the 5.^th of August 1781: by D. Serres, engraved by R. Pollard 1782, with a Description.

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, 2 vols., London 1911, no.87a