The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
St Cast, 1758
Perspective View of S.t Cast Bay, where the English Troops Reimbark’d, Sep:r 11,th 1758
c.1758Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 19.9 x 41.6 cm (image) | RCIN 732082
The attribution to John Cleeve Pleydell is made on stylistic grounds. This appears to be a rough sketch for, or copy of, RCIN 732081.
Additional text: [below title, a key, 1-8, to the detail in the view:] References.
Condition: five fold lines.
? John Cleeve Pleydell (1736-1816) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters L V G below
Mark, stamped: 871
Condition: five fold lines
14.5 x 41.6 cm (neatline)
19.9 x 41.6 cm (image)
21.7 x 43.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Perspective View of S.t Cast Bay, where the English Troops Reimbark’d, Sep:r 11,th 1758.
Additional text:
[below title, a key, 1-8, to the detail in the view:] References.
Annotations:
George III heading: S.t Cas 11 Sep. 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, cropped:] 10/2[?]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] XVI/24c; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, in Mason's hand?]: VIII/59.
George III catalogue entry:
Cas, S.t A drawn Perspective View of S.t Cast Bay, where the English Troops re-embarked on the 11.th of Sept.r 1758.
Subject(s)
Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Brittany, France (48°37'49"N 02°15'27"W)
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