The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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St Cast, 1758
Perspective View of S.t Cast Bay, where the English Reimbark’d Sept:r 11,th 1758
c.1758Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | 30.0 x 62.2 cm (image) | RCIN 732081
The attribution to John Cleeve Pleydell is made on stylistic grounds. This is an accomplished rendering of terrain, and of perspective, by an officer who had taken part in the later years of the Military Survey of Scotland (1747-55).
Additional text: [below title, a key, 1-9, to the details on the view:] References.
Condition: four fold lines; formerly torn in half along central vertical fold; worn and torn along other fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration.
? John Cleeve Pleydell (1736-1816) (draughtsman)
Watermark: Cropped: fleur-de-lys in shield, a cropped ‘4’ below; countermark: JVILLEDARY
Mark, stamped: 870
Condition: four fold lines; formerly torn in half along central vertical fold; worn and torn along other fold lines. Verso: induced discolouration
21.6 x 61.9 cm (neatline)
30.0 x 62.2 cm (image)
32.3 x 63.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Perspective View of S.t Cast Bay, where the English Reimbark’d Sept:r 11,th 1758. [below map]
Additional text:
[below title, a key, 1-9, to the details on the view:] References.
Annotations:
George III heading: S.t Cas 11 Sep. 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 13; [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 13/64; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil:] XVI/24; [top left, black pencil:] XVI/24.
George III catalogue entry:
Cas, S.t A drawn Perspective View of S.t Cast Bay, where the English 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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