Balaguier Point, Cape Sicie & Sablet, Eastward towards Cape Sepet, Toulon. Drawn on the Spot by Cap..t Knight R. N.
F. Jukes fecit. London Pub;d as the Act directs March 31st 1794, by W. Faden Geographer to his Majesty Charing Cross, and by F. Jukes Engraver Howland Street. Aquatint and etching, printed in blue and brown, with hand finishing. 275 x 390mm (10¾ x 15¼"). Crack in top platemark taped, slight mount burn. A view of a warship at anchor in a bay, one of a series by a captain serving with the Royal Navy during the Girondin/Royalist revolt in Toulon, during which the city was handed to the British. After a three-month siege by the French (in which the young artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte distinguished himself), the British left, taking 7,000 refugees, taking or destroying the ships of the French Mediterranean Fleet.
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