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Destruction by Fire of the Amazon Mail Steamer. of 2250 Tons burden, in the Bay of Biscay, Jan.y 4th 1852, on Her first voyage from Southampton to Chagres, with 50 Passsengers and 106 Crew and attendants, the greater number of whom were lost.
Engraved from a sketch made by one of the Survivors.
Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet St. London [n.d., c.1852].
Rare steel engraving with hand colour. 265 x 330mm (10½ x 13"). Trimmed close to plate, slight scuffing in inscription area.
RMS Amazon was a wooden barque with three masts and a paddle wheel, launched in 1851. On her maiden voyage the bearings on her two side-lever steam engines kept overheating, which possibly led to a fire in the hay bales kept for animal feed. The order to abandon ship was given, but heavy seas swamped most of the boats launched. The brig 'Marsden', seen in the background, rescued 21 people from a lifeboat, at one stage believed to be the only survivors but, over the course of the next few days, two other boats were recovered. It is estimated that over two-thirds of the passengers and crew died. At the time the Admiralty supervised UK merchant ships contracted to carry mail, demanding that they all have wooden hulls. After the Amazon disaster this order was rescinded, so iron hulls became the norm.
[Ref: 56510] £360.00
Engraved from a sketch made by one of the Survivors.
Read & Co., 10, Johnson's Court, Fleet St. London [n.d., c.1852].
Rare steel engraving with hand colour. 265 x 330mm (10½ x 13"). Trimmed close to plate, slight scuffing in inscription area.
RMS Amazon was a wooden barque with three masts and a paddle wheel, launched in 1851. On her maiden voyage the bearings on her two side-lever steam engines kept overheating, which possibly led to a fire in the hay bales kept for animal feed. The order to abandon ship was given, but heavy seas swamped most of the boats launched. The brig 'Marsden', seen in the background, rescued 21 people from a lifeboat, at one stage believed to be the only survivors but, over the course of the next few days, two other boats were recovered. It is estimated that over two-thirds of the passengers and crew died. At the time the Admiralty supervised UK merchant ships contracted to carry mail, demanding that they all have wooden hulls. After the Amazon disaster this order was rescinded, so iron hulls became the norm.
[Ref: 56510] £360.00
The Loss of H.M. Steam Frigate Avenger, Captain Charles Napier, off the Coast of Barbary, on the night of Dec.r 20th,1847, when all perished but four. This Print of the melancholy event is dedicated to Lieut Rook, and the Survivors and Relatives of the ill-fated Crew.
C.P. Williams del. Allen & Ferguson lith. Glasgow.
Ackermann & Co London, W.H. Charpentir, Portsmouth and R.A. Grove, Lymington.
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾") Light toning, edges chipped.
HMS Avenger, a wooden paddle wheel RN frigate, was launched in 1845 and wrecked two years later on the Sorelle Rocks near Malta.
[Ref: 55727] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
C.P. Williams del. Allen & Ferguson lith. Glasgow.
Ackermann & Co London, W.H. Charpentir, Portsmouth and R.A. Grove, Lymington.
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾") Light toning, edges chipped.
HMS Avenger, a wooden paddle wheel RN frigate, was launched in 1845 and wrecked two years later on the Sorelle Rocks near Malta.
[Ref: 55727] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![No. 7. [Shipwreck on the Black Rocks, Near Scarborough, Yorkshire.]](jpegs/40030.jpg)
No. 7. [Shipwreck on the Black Rocks, Near Scarborough, Yorkshire.]
F. Nicholson delt.
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Scarce hand coloured aquatint. Fine colour. Sheet size: 375 x 496mm (14¾ x 19½"). Light toning around edges.
A view of the Black Rocks with a shipwreck lodged by the crashing waves, a spot that is generally the consequence of a failure in attempting to make the Harbour of Scarborough during a hard gale from the North or North-east. Scarborough Castle can be seen in the background with people crowding around, pulling sailors to shore, and helping to rescue others. From the rare folio of 12 plates 'A Selection of Fac-Similes of Water-Colour Drawings, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists', 1825; a first issue, before the title below the image. After Francis Nicholson (1753 - 1844); other striking compositions in the book are contributed by Samuel Prout, Robert Hills, John Smith and William Collins.
Abbey, Life: 197, 7. BL: 003332105.
[Ref: 40030] £220.00
F. Nicholson delt.
Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Scarce hand coloured aquatint. Fine colour. Sheet size: 375 x 496mm (14¾ x 19½"). Light toning around edges.
A view of the Black Rocks with a shipwreck lodged by the crashing waves, a spot that is generally the consequence of a failure in attempting to make the Harbour of Scarborough during a hard gale from the North or North-east. Scarborough Castle can be seen in the background with people crowding around, pulling sailors to shore, and helping to rescue others. From the rare folio of 12 plates 'A Selection of Fac-Similes of Water-Colour Drawings, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists', 1825; a first issue, before the title below the image. After Francis Nicholson (1753 - 1844); other striking compositions in the book are contributed by Samuel Prout, Robert Hills, John Smith and William Collins.
Abbey, Life: 197, 7. BL: 003332105.
[Ref: 40030] £220.00
The Departure.
Painted by Rob.t Smirke. Aquatinta by F. Jukes. Engraved by Rob.t Pollard.
London, Pub.d March 8 1784 by R. Pollard No 15 Braynes Row, Spa Fields, & R. Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill.
Scarce aquatint with etching. Sheet 440 x 550mm (17¼ x 21¾"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tears, surface cracking, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
A scene on a snowy shoreline, with a longboat about to leave to find help, leaving other survivors of a shipwreck behind. It illustrates the aftermath of a shipwreck on Cape Breton in 1780, as recorded by Samuel Weller Prenties, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants). He had been sent on a voyage between Quebec and New York, taking dispatches from Sir Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, and Sir Henry Clinton, Commander-in-Chief in North America during the American Revolution. Castaway on a remote coast of Cape Breton, the decision was made for Prenties and five sailors to go for help. After exhausting their supplies and being on the point of death, they were saved by tribesmen who they sent to look for their colleagues. Three of the nine left behind had survived, having resorted to cannibalism. Eventually the survivors reached Halifax and headed for home.
[Ref: 59115] £390.00
Painted by Rob.t Smirke. Aquatinta by F. Jukes. Engraved by Rob.t Pollard.
London, Pub.d March 8 1784 by R. Pollard No 15 Braynes Row, Spa Fields, & R. Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill.
Scarce aquatint with etching. Sheet 440 x 550mm (17¼ x 21¾"). Trimmed to plate, repaired tears, surface cracking, laid on archival paper. Damaged.
A scene on a snowy shoreline, with a longboat about to leave to find help, leaving other survivors of a shipwreck behind. It illustrates the aftermath of a shipwreck on Cape Breton in 1780, as recorded by Samuel Weller Prenties, an ensign of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants). He had been sent on a voyage between Quebec and New York, taking dispatches from Sir Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec, and Sir Henry Clinton, Commander-in-Chief in North America during the American Revolution. Castaway on a remote coast of Cape Breton, the decision was made for Prenties and five sailors to go for help. After exhausting their supplies and being on the point of death, they were saved by tribesmen who they sent to look for their colleagues. Three of the nine left behind had survived, having resorted to cannibalism. Eventually the survivors reached Halifax and headed for home.
[Ref: 59115] £390.00
![[Shipwreck in a storm.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 72.](jpegs/21850.jpg)
[Shipwreck in a storm.] From the Original Drawing in the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire. No 72.
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
A shipwreck off a rocky coastline with a keep. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'Liber Veritatis' owned by the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. Commissioned by John Boydell, Richard Earlom engraved the full set between 1774 and 1777, when they were published by Boydell in two volumes, each containing 100 prints, numbered 1-200. A third volume of 100 prints was published by Boydell in 1819, which was numbered separately, containing mezzotints by Earlom after other drawings by Claude in various collections.
[Ref: 21850] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Claude le Lorrain delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Nov.r 1st 1774 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Mezzotint with etched lines, printed in sepia. 210 x 260mm, 8½ x 10¼". Uncut, with large margins, slight soiling of margins.
A shipwreck off a rocky coastline with a keep. Engraved by Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822) after a sketch in the copy of Claude le Lorrain's 'Liber Veritatis' owned by the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Claude (c.1600-82) was a prolific and successful landscape painter, and, even during his lifetime, forgeries of his work appeared for sale. To combat this Claude made up six albums of tinted sketches of his completed works, each sketch with the name of the purchaser of the painting on the back. The 'Liber Veritatis' (Book of Truth) was then distributed around Europe so that his genuine paintings could be authenticated. The Chatsworth copy of the 'Liber Veritatis' contained 200 drawings, including a frontispiece portrait of Claude and five unrelated drawings. Commissioned by John Boydell, Richard Earlom engraved the full set between 1774 and 1777, when they were published by Boydell in two volumes, each containing 100 prints, numbered 1-200. A third volume of 100 prints was published by Boydell in 1819, which was numbered separately, containing mezzotints by Earlom after other drawings by Claude in various collections.
[Ref: 21850] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Wreck of the "Duncan Dunbar" off Las Rocas, Brazil. October, 8th 1865.
[n.d. c.1865.]
Chromolithograph, scarce, laid on card to overlay text underneath. Image 310 x 457mm. 12¼ x 18". Slight damage top left.
Duncan Dunbar. Wooden ship, 1374 tons. Built at Sunderland, 1857. Lbd 229 x 36.2 x 23 ft. Captain Swanson Left London for Sydney, 28 August 1865, with seventy passengers which included thirty-five women and children, and a crew of forty-seven. On the night of 7 October, in moderate conditions, she ran on to Rocas Shoals off Cape San Roque. Attempts were made to back her off, then float her free by throwing cargo overboard, but by next flood tide she had canted over and filled. At dawn the entire ship’s complement landed safely on a small section of the reef which remained above high water, and over the next few days the three boats which remained intact were used to land stores from the wreck Meanwhile, Captain Swanson, the mate and seven seamen had left in one of the boats to obtain assistance at Pernambuco. They were picked up by the American ship Hayara and dropped near Pernambuco where they obtained help from the British Consul. On 17 October the Royal Mail Packet steamer Oneida sighted the castaways, took them on board and landed at Southampton about three weeks later.
[Ref: 24986] £480.00
[n.d. c.1865.]
Chromolithograph, scarce, laid on card to overlay text underneath. Image 310 x 457mm. 12¼ x 18". Slight damage top left.
Duncan Dunbar. Wooden ship, 1374 tons. Built at Sunderland, 1857. Lbd 229 x 36.2 x 23 ft. Captain Swanson Left London for Sydney, 28 August 1865, with seventy passengers which included thirty-five women and children, and a crew of forty-seven. On the night of 7 October, in moderate conditions, she ran on to Rocas Shoals off Cape San Roque. Attempts were made to back her off, then float her free by throwing cargo overboard, but by next flood tide she had canted over and filled. At dawn the entire ship’s complement landed safely on a small section of the reef which remained above high water, and over the next few days the three boats which remained intact were used to land stores from the wreck Meanwhile, Captain Swanson, the mate and seven seamen had left in one of the boats to obtain assistance at Pernambuco. They were picked up by the American ship Hayara and dropped near Pernambuco where they obtained help from the British Consul. On 17 October the Royal Mail Packet steamer Oneida sighted the castaways, took them on board and landed at Southampton about three weeks later.
[Ref: 24986] £480.00
The Edystone Lighthouse.
Drawn by J.M.W Turner R.A. Engraved by T. Lupton.
London Published July 1, 1829 by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square.
Mezzotint, sheet 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Trimmed within plate. Some marks outside image.
A view of the Eddystone Light House on a stormy night. With wreckage in the foreground, lighthouse behind in the centre, shadow of ship in the left background, crescent moon in the left sky.
R 773 II of II.
[Ref: 61670] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by J.M.W Turner R.A. Engraved by T. Lupton.
London Published July 1, 1829 by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square.
Mezzotint, sheet 115 x 150mm (4½ x 6"). Trimmed within plate. Some marks outside image.
A view of the Eddystone Light House on a stormy night. With wreckage in the foreground, lighthouse behind in the centre, shadow of ship in the left background, crescent moon in the left sky.
R 773 II of II.
[Ref: 61670] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Wreck of the Antelope Packet, Capt. Henry Wilson, on a Reef of Rocks, near the Pelew Islands.
[William Elmes.]
London Pub. by T. Tegg, Dec. 3. 1808.
Aquatint. Sheet size: 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Folds as published. Small tear in lower edge.
From a very scarce series of plates by the caricaturist William Elmes depicting shipwrecks and maritime disasters, attacks by native Americans and by other indigenous peoples and pirates, ceremonies, punishments and torture. Published by Thomas Tegg. This was the first sustained contact with the Pelew Islands whilst the Antelope was being repaired. Lee Boo, a Pelew islander was brought to London but he died of smallpox. Wilson wrote a popular book about his experiences.
[Ref: 37441] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[William Elmes.]
London Pub. by T. Tegg, Dec. 3. 1808.
Aquatint. Sheet size: 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Folds as published. Small tear in lower edge.
From a very scarce series of plates by the caricaturist William Elmes depicting shipwrecks and maritime disasters, attacks by native Americans and by other indigenous peoples and pirates, ceremonies, punishments and torture. Published by Thomas Tegg. This was the first sustained contact with the Pelew Islands whilst the Antelope was being repaired. Lee Boo, a Pelew islander was brought to London but he died of smallpox. Wilson wrote a popular book about his experiences.
[Ref: 37441] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Shipwreck & dreadfull sufferings of the Captain & crew of an English Sloop in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
[William Elmes.]
[London Pub. by T. Tegg. 1808.]
Aquatint. Sheet size: 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Folds as published. Small tear in lower edge.
From a very scarce series of plates by the caricaturist William Elmes depicting shipwrecks and maritime disasters, attacks by native Americans and by other indigenous peoples and pirates, ceremonies, punishments and torture. Published by Thomas Tegg. Probably the Rover built at the Tynes Yard Bermuda. She got lost in a fog and struck rocks at Cape Breton Island. All the crew were saved.
[Ref: 37443] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[William Elmes.]
[London Pub. by T. Tegg. 1808.]
Aquatint. Sheet size: 185 x 265mm (7¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed inside platemark. Folds as published. Small tear in lower edge.
From a very scarce series of plates by the caricaturist William Elmes depicting shipwrecks and maritime disasters, attacks by native Americans and by other indigenous peoples and pirates, ceremonies, punishments and torture. Published by Thomas Tegg. Probably the Rover built at the Tynes Yard Bermuda. She got lost in a fog and struck rocks at Cape Breton Island. All the crew were saved.
[Ref: 37443] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Great Western Steamer, In the Hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept 9th 1846 in the outward passage to America.
Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool: Dec 10th 1846 Published by the Artist. Slater St.
Lithograph. Printed area 265 x 445mm (10½ x 17½") large margins. Repaired tear on left, laid on restorer's paper.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Western, launched in 1837, was the first steamship purpose-built for the Atlantic crossing. Her maiden voyage, completed on 23 April 1838, was the fastest crossing up to that time. On this 1846 Liverpool to New York run she ran into bad weather. On the 19th (not the 9th) September the sails had to be pulled in but were lost anyway. Water got into the engine room and had to be pumped out. Waves broke the ice house (containing about eight tons of ice) from its deck fastenings, along with two lifeboats. The port paddle box (covering the upper half of the paddle wheel) was smashed and a splinter struck the captain in the head. A wave crashed over the ship and drenched the passengers sheltering in the saloon. Captain Mathews said to a passenger afterwards that ''Thrice on deck I thought destruction inevitable'' but because the engines never failed the Great Western survived the storm.
[Ref: 53085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Melling Invenit et Lithog.
Liverpool: Dec 10th 1846 Published by the Artist. Slater St.
Lithograph. Printed area 265 x 445mm (10½ x 17½") large margins. Repaired tear on left, laid on restorer's paper.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Western, launched in 1837, was the first steamship purpose-built for the Atlantic crossing. Her maiden voyage, completed on 23 April 1838, was the fastest crossing up to that time. On this 1846 Liverpool to New York run she ran into bad weather. On the 19th (not the 9th) September the sails had to be pulled in but were lost anyway. Water got into the engine room and had to be pumped out. Waves broke the ice house (containing about eight tons of ice) from its deck fastenings, along with two lifeboats. The port paddle box (covering the upper half of the paddle wheel) was smashed and a splinter struck the captain in the head. A wave crashed over the ship and drenched the passengers sheltering in the saloon. Captain Mathews said to a passenger afterwards that ''Thrice on deck I thought destruction inevitable'' but because the engines never failed the Great Western survived the storm.
[Ref: 53085] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Shipwreck of the Grosvenor. Manner in which the Survivors Escaped on Shore.
[Anon. c.1783.]
Engraving, very scarce; sheet 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Trimmed around image and text; creased.
The 'Grosvenor' East-Indiaman was wrecked on the Pondoland coast of South Africa, 4 August 1782. Of a crew of 132 and 18 passengers (twelve adults and six children), 123 survivors reached shore, but only 18 reached Cape Town, the remainder dying en route, or killed or captured by Bantu tribesmen. Alexander Dalrymple published 'An Account of the Loss of the Grosvenor Indiaman' in 1783. The site of the wreck briefly became Port Grosvenor, built with the intention of salvaging the Grosvenor's cargo, valued at £75,000. However the Cape Government declared the port illegal, so it only operated in 1885 & 1886. Probably after the oil painting in the National Maritime Museum attributed to George Carter.
[Ref: 32469] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon. c.1783.]
Engraving, very scarce; sheet 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Trimmed around image and text; creased.
The 'Grosvenor' East-Indiaman was wrecked on the Pondoland coast of South Africa, 4 August 1782. Of a crew of 132 and 18 passengers (twelve adults and six children), 123 survivors reached shore, but only 18 reached Cape Town, the remainder dying en route, or killed or captured by Bantu tribesmen. Alexander Dalrymple published 'An Account of the Loss of the Grosvenor Indiaman' in 1783. The site of the wreck briefly became Port Grosvenor, built with the intention of salvaging the Grosvenor's cargo, valued at £75,000. However the Cape Government declared the port illegal, so it only operated in 1885 & 1886. Probably after the oil painting in the National Maritime Museum attributed to George Carter.
[Ref: 32469] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[A sepia watercolour and 4 sketches of naval scenes.]](jpegs/12751.jpg)
[A sepia watercolour and 4 sketches of naval scenes.]
[Captain Peter William Hamilton, R.N., 1812-1868.]
[n.d., 1833-42.]
Two monochrome watercolours, an ink sketch and two pencil sketches. Largest 190 x 250mm, 7½ x 9¾".
Two marine views, including two showing ships in distress. Hamilton's active naval career spanned 1833 to 1842, during which he saw service in Jamaica, the Mediterranean 1835-36 and Iberia in 1836-7. His last active service was during the First Opium War (1839-42), seeing action at Hong Kong which he also recorded in his sketch album.
From a sketchbook compiled by Hamilton.
[Ref: 12751] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[Captain Peter William Hamilton, R.N., 1812-1868.]
[n.d., 1833-42.]
Two monochrome watercolours, an ink sketch and two pencil sketches. Largest 190 x 250mm, 7½ x 9¾".
Two marine views, including two showing ships in distress. Hamilton's active naval career spanned 1833 to 1842, during which he saw service in Jamaica, the Mediterranean 1835-36 and Iberia in 1836-7. His last active service was during the First Opium War (1839-42), seeing action at Hong Kong which he also recorded in his sketch album.
From a sketchbook compiled by Hamilton.
[Ref: 12751] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![Portraits of the Officers and Men who were preserv'd from the Wreck of the Centaure [...]](jpegs/51165.jpg)
Portraits of the Officers and Men who were preserv'd from the Wreck of the Centaure [...]
James Northcote pinx.t. T. Gaugain fecit.
Published Oct.r 1784 by T. Gaugain, No. 4 Little Compton Street, St. Ann's, London
Rare stipple engraving. Sheet 525 x 650mm (20¾ x 25½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on archival paper; top right corner reinstated to image, with small tear repaired; small area of loss in English title.
A dramatic naval scene showing the twelve members of the crew of HMS Centaur taking to one of the ship's pinnaces and attempting to push away from their ship as it founders. HMS Centaur, a French frigate captured during the Battle of Lagos in 1759, was one of a fleet escorting prizes from the Battle of the Saintes back to Britain from Jamaica when the 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane hit off Newfoundland. Captain J.N. Inglefield and eleven crewmen reached the island of Faial in the Azores after more than sixteen days in an open boat. It is believed that 3,500 lives were lost from the various ships of the fleet. The painting, now lost, was exhibited at the Royal Academyin 1784.
[Ref: 51165] £650.00
James Northcote pinx.t. T. Gaugain fecit.
Published Oct.r 1784 by T. Gaugain, No. 4 Little Compton Street, St. Ann's, London
Rare stipple engraving. Sheet 525 x 650mm (20¾ x 25½"). Trimmed within plate and laid on archival paper; top right corner reinstated to image, with small tear repaired; small area of loss in English title.
A dramatic naval scene showing the twelve members of the crew of HMS Centaur taking to one of the ship's pinnaces and attempting to push away from their ship as it founders. HMS Centaur, a French frigate captured during the Battle of Lagos in 1759, was one of a fleet escorting prizes from the Battle of the Saintes back to Britain from Jamaica when the 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane hit off Newfoundland. Captain J.N. Inglefield and eleven crewmen reached the island of Faial in the Azores after more than sixteen days in an open boat. It is believed that 3,500 lives were lost from the various ships of the fleet. The painting, now lost, was exhibited at the Royal Academyin 1784.
[Ref: 51165] £650.00
Wreck of the St. George of 98 guns and the Defence of 74 guns. Lost off the coast of Ryffestaen, in Denmark, Dec. 24, 1811 [...]
[Anon, c.1820]
Wood engraving with hand-colouring, scarce; sheet 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed around image and text; glued to backing sheet. Interesting print of children as a 'recruiting party' verso.
The wreck of the HMS St George in 1811, near Ringkøbing on the west coast of Jutland. After narrowly escaping wrecking on a shoal, gales and heavy seas caused the eventual shipwreck, along with that of HMS Defence. In 1793 the St George captured an immensely valuable Spanish prize when seizing a French privateer. It was also involved in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
[Ref: 32296] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, c.1820]
Wood engraving with hand-colouring, scarce; sheet 165 x 220mm (6½ x 8¾"). Trimmed around image and text; glued to backing sheet. Interesting print of children as a 'recruiting party' verso.
The wreck of the HMS St George in 1811, near Ringkøbing on the west coast of Jutland. After narrowly escaping wrecking on a shoal, gales and heavy seas caused the eventual shipwreck, along with that of HMS Defence. In 1793 the St George captured an immensely valuable Spanish prize when seizing a French privateer. It was also involved in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
[Ref: 32296] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Wreck of the Lady Burges East India Ship Cap.tn Richard Swinton, Amongst the Cape de Verd Islands April 21. 1806. This View is taken at day break previous to the ship going to pieces. _ and represents the point of time when the Ladies were saved with the Singular effect of the Sea foaming up against the consealed Rocks. _ 30 lives were lost out of 180.
F. Sartorius Pinx.t. Edw.d Orme Excud.t. H. Merke Aquaforte.
Published Nov.r 1 1806, by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King Engraver & Publisher, 59 Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London. Where Merchants & Captains of Ships are supplied with British Engravings & Works of the fine Arts for Exportation on the most liberal Terms.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Framed, visible area 505 x 660mm (20 x 26"). Some surface wear, spot in sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A shipwreck, with women being lowered into longboats, a wall of spray filling the left side of the image. Lady Burges (Burgess) was an East Indiaman, launched 1799. She had completed only three voyages for the East India Company before she sailed from Portsmouth on 30th March 1806, bound for Madras. On April 20th she hit Leyton's Rock, south-west of Boa Vista, and fired guns to alert the rest of the convoy, which sent boats and rescued all but 34 of the crew and passengers. The ship broke up three hours after this scene.
[Ref: 51701] £900.00
F. Sartorius Pinx.t. Edw.d Orme Excud.t. H. Merke Aquaforte.
Published Nov.r 1 1806, by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King Engraver & Publisher, 59 Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, London. Where Merchants & Captains of Ships are supplied with British Engravings & Works of the fine Arts for Exportation on the most liberal Terms.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Framed, visible area 505 x 660mm (20 x 26"). Some surface wear, spot in sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A shipwreck, with women being lowered into longboats, a wall of spray filling the left side of the image. Lady Burges (Burgess) was an East Indiaman, launched 1799. She had completed only three voyages for the East India Company before she sailed from Portsmouth on 30th March 1806, bound for Madras. On April 20th she hit Leyton's Rock, south-west of Boa Vista, and fired guns to alert the rest of the convoy, which sent boats and rescued all but 34 of the crew and passengers. The ship broke up three hours after this scene.
[Ref: 51701] £900.00
Written May 16th 1830, the Thirtieth Anniversary of Samuel Codner's Preservation from Shipwreck, on board the ship 'Mercury,' Lat: 49°,, 30' N., Lon: 13° W. The ship turned on her beam ends at 7,15 P.M.; and remained in that situation twenty five minutes. [Ten verses in three columns below image.] Teignmouth May 15th. 1830.
Luny Pinxt. R. Wallis Direct. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
[c.1830.]
Tinted lithograph. 310 x 360mm. 12¼ x 14¼". Sheet trimmed.
The poem is illustrated by a dramatic view of the Mercury on her side floundering in stormy seas, the sailors desperately clambering away from the waves. She was sailing from St. John's, the provincial capital of Newfoundland, Canada, to England in 1822 when the disaster occurred. The survivor Samuel Codner was from Kingskerswell, Devon, an area with a long-standing tradition of involvement in the Newfoundland cod fishery. He worked for the family business, Daniel Codner and Company.
NMM: PAF7696.
[Ref: 19456] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Luny Pinxt. R. Wallis Direct. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
[c.1830.]
Tinted lithograph. 310 x 360mm. 12¼ x 14¼". Sheet trimmed.
The poem is illustrated by a dramatic view of the Mercury on her side floundering in stormy seas, the sailors desperately clambering away from the waves. She was sailing from St. John's, the provincial capital of Newfoundland, Canada, to England in 1822 when the disaster occurred. The survivor Samuel Codner was from Kingskerswell, Devon, an area with a long-standing tradition of involvement in the Newfoundland cod fishery. He worked for the family business, Daniel Codner and Company.
NMM: PAF7696.
[Ref: 19456] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Baixos de Iudia. 669.
P.K.
Barent Langenes [Amsterdam, 1612].
Engraving with letterpress on reverse. 80 x 115mm (3 x 4½"). Toning and water stain. Small hole in bottom left margin.
A scene depicting the shipwreck of the Portuguese ship 'Santiago' between Mozambique and Madagascar in 1585. Giant lobsters can be seen attacking the shipwrecked sailors while some can be seen escaping in life boats in the background. Fifty survivors reached Mozambique. The plate was engraved by Pieter van den Keere for the 1598 'Caert-Thresoor', published by Barent Langenes with a text by an unknown author.
[Ref: 56425] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
P.K.
Barent Langenes [Amsterdam, 1612].
Engraving with letterpress on reverse. 80 x 115mm (3 x 4½"). Toning and water stain. Small hole in bottom left margin.
A scene depicting the shipwreck of the Portuguese ship 'Santiago' between Mozambique and Madagascar in 1585. Giant lobsters can be seen attacking the shipwrecked sailors while some can be seen escaping in life boats in the background. Fifty survivors reached Mozambique. The plate was engraved by Pieter van den Keere for the 1598 'Caert-Thresoor', published by Barent Langenes with a text by an unknown author.
[Ref: 56425] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Burning of the Ocean Monarch, Emigrant Ship.
From a Sketch by the Prince de Joinville. Lithographed by A. Miller, 4 Harrington St, L'pool.
Published by W. Ellis, 21, Castle St.
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet 285 x 400mm (11¼ x 15¾"). A little creasing.
Ocean Monarch, an American emigration barque built by Donald McKay in East Boston in 1847, left Liverpool for Boston on the morning of 24 August 1848. Just outside harbour the ship caught fire, driving the passengers to the ship's bowsprit, from which many jumped into the sea. 178 lives were recorded lost. The scene was sketched by François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818-1900) was the third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French. Leaving France in the aftermath of the 1848 Revolution, he was aboard the Brazilian frigate 'Affonso' (seen here flying the Brazilian flag).
[Ref: 56511] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
From a Sketch by the Prince de Joinville. Lithographed by A. Miller, 4 Harrington St, L'pool.
Published by W. Ellis, 21, Castle St.
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet 285 x 400mm (11¼ x 15¾"). A little creasing.
Ocean Monarch, an American emigration barque built by Donald McKay in East Boston in 1847, left Liverpool for Boston on the morning of 24 August 1848. Just outside harbour the ship caught fire, driving the passengers to the ship's bowsprit, from which many jumped into the sea. 178 lives were recorded lost. The scene was sketched by François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818-1900) was the third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French. Leaving France in the aftermath of the 1848 Revolution, he was aboard the Brazilian frigate 'Affonso' (seen here flying the Brazilian flag).
[Ref: 56511] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
The wreck of the Reliance, East Indiaman, off Etaples, near Boulogne. The Reliance leaving the East India Dock 11th of June, 1841, on her Voyage to India and China Seventeen Months before her Awful Destruction.
Engraving, 125 x 157mm. 5 x 6¼".
The Reliance leaving the East India dock. The Times of November 1842 described the wreck as follows: "She was of 1,550 tons, built in 1825 at Deptford and left Gravesend on June 15th, 1841. In a dreadful and terrific gale the ship went ashore, and the scene on the sandy beach was extraordinary from the number of boxes of tea washed up, and out of the 27,000 boxes she had on board, only 1,386 were recovered. The only persons saved besides Robert Dickson were Wm. O'Neill, a seaman, one Norwegian, one Prussian, and three men from Manila, and amongst those lost were the captain, 27 Chinamen who embarked at Whampoa, and 17 men from Manila who joined at Macao."
[Ref: 19767] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Engraving, 125 x 157mm. 5 x 6¼".
The Reliance leaving the East India dock. The Times of November 1842 described the wreck as follows: "She was of 1,550 tons, built in 1825 at Deptford and left Gravesend on June 15th, 1841. In a dreadful and terrific gale the ship went ashore, and the scene on the sandy beach was extraordinary from the number of boxes of tea washed up, and out of the 27,000 boxes she had on board, only 1,386 were recovered. The only persons saved besides Robert Dickson were Wm. O'Neill, a seaman, one Norwegian, one Prussian, and three men from Manila, and amongst those lost were the captain, 27 Chinamen who embarked at Whampoa, and 17 men from Manila who joined at Macao."
[Ref: 19767] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
The Shipwrecked Mariner. From an original picture in the collection of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart, at Stowe Head Wiltshire, to whom this plate ia dedicated by his obliged humble serv.t H. Macklin.
Painted by H. Thomson. Engrtaved by W. Say.
Published July 1st. 1806, by H.Macklin, 39, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. 650 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼"). Inscription area excised, replaced by a skilled restorer, top margin restored.
A bare-footed sailor sits on a rocky outcrop, waves crashing below him. Over his head an eagle flies, waiting to pick his bones. The original painting, exhibited at the R.A. in 1804, is still at Stourhead, now a National Trust property. Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) was an antiquarian and archaeologist. He and William Cunnington made the first recorded excavations at Stonehenge in 1798 & 1810; they discovered that the fallen stones had once been vertical.
[Ref: 56249] £390.00
Painted by H. Thomson. Engrtaved by W. Say.
Published July 1st. 1806, by H.Macklin, 39, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. 650 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼"). Inscription area excised, replaced by a skilled restorer, top margin restored.
A bare-footed sailor sits on a rocky outcrop, waves crashing below him. Over his head an eagle flies, waiting to pick his bones. The original painting, exhibited at the R.A. in 1804, is still at Stourhead, now a National Trust property. Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) was an antiquarian and archaeologist. He and William Cunnington made the first recorded excavations at Stonehenge in 1798 & 1810; they discovered that the fallen stones had once been vertical.
[Ref: 56249] £390.00
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Shipwreck [parallel text in French]
P. Monamy pinx.t Canot Sculp. ['a' changed to 'o' by pen in Canot's surname]
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58, in Cornhil, & Bowles & Carver 69.St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, platemark 300 x 396mm (11¾ x 15½"), with very large margins. Repaired tear bottom centre.
Dramatic shipwreck scene after Peter Monamy (1681-1749), engraved by P.C. Canot. London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 44223] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P. Monamy pinx.t Canot Sculp. ['a' changed to 'o' by pen in Canot's surname]
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58, in Cornhil, & Bowles & Carver 69.St Pauls Church Yard, London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, platemark 300 x 396mm (11¾ x 15½"), with very large margins. Repaired tear bottom centre.
Dramatic shipwreck scene after Peter Monamy (1681-1749), engraved by P.C. Canot. London-born painter Monamy (he was born in the Minories and baptized at St Botolphs Aldgate) 'emerges with Samuel Scott as one of the two leading figures in the first generation of British marine painters [...] he worked industriously for at least forty years and has left us a rich heritage of paintings illustrating the nation's naval history in the first half of the 18th century' (E.H.H. Archibald, 'Dictionary of Sea Painters').
[Ref: 44223] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
A Storm and Shipwreck On the Rocks near Tinmouth Castle, in December, 1784, which proved so destructive on the North Coast, not less than thirty of forty Sail were drove on Shore & wrecked, tho' some with difficulty gained the Haven in safety, others in attempting floundered in sight of their families & friends on shore who were spectators of their destiny.
Rob.t Dodd delin. Fra.s Chesham sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Feb.y 1.st 1786, by F. Chesham, No. 8, Walworth Terrace.
A fine and rare aquatint. 430 x 550mm (17 x 21½"). Mount burn around image.
[Ref: 23636] £550.00
Rob.t Dodd delin. Fra.s Chesham sculp.
Published as the Act directs, Feb.y 1.st 1786, by F. Chesham, No. 8, Walworth Terrace.
A fine and rare aquatint. 430 x 550mm (17 x 21½"). Mount burn around image.
[Ref: 23636] £550.00
H.M. Ship, Thisbe. N.o2. On Fire by Lightning at Sea. 4.th Jan.y 1786
From a Drawing by N.M. Condy. Esq.re. Engraved on Copper by C. Rosenburg.
London, Published by John Weale, 1849.
Very rare aquatint, plate 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"), with large margins.
A view of the HMS Thisbe sailing on fire after being struck by lightning. Text below image goes into the details. The HMS Thisbe was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in December 1787 under the command of Captain George Robertson.
[Ref: 57086] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)
From a Drawing by N.M. Condy. Esq.re. Engraved on Copper by C. Rosenburg.
London, Published by John Weale, 1849.
Very rare aquatint, plate 255 x 305mm (10 x 12"), with large margins.
A view of the HMS Thisbe sailing on fire after being struck by lightning. Text below image goes into the details. The HMS Thisbe was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was first commissioned in December 1787 under the command of Captain George Robertson.
[Ref: 57086] £350.00 (£420.00 incl.VAT)