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Héroïsme des Marins qui montoient le Vaisseau Le Vengeur, le 3 Juin 1794: ou 3 Prairial, An 2 de la République. No. 99.
Ozanne inv. & del. Le Gouaz Sculp.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Etching. Plate 229 x 291mm (9 x 11½").
The sinking of the Venguer de Peuple (1794), at the battle of the Glorious First of June. She engaged in a duel with HMS Brunswick and was badly beaten, and eventually destroyed by HMS Ramillies. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'. Not in Parker.
[Ref: 28286] £160.00
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Vue de la Riviere de Sierra-Leone, Sur la cote occidentale de l'Afrique. Du Voyage de Jonh Mathews a ce Continent, en 1785.
Oz. del / Y. Le Gouaz sculp.
A Paris, Chez Noél M.d d'Estampes, Rue St. Jacques, No. 16. [/] et chez Bulla, Rue St. Jacques, No.38. [n.d., c.1795].
Engraving. Platemark: 190 x 230mm (7½ x 9"). Paper toned. Crease to lower left corner.
A view of Sierra Leone, west Africa, from the water. The scene illustrates the voyage of British slave trader John Matthews, as described in his publication titled 'A Voyage to the River Sierra-Leone on the Coast of Africa', first publised in 1788, containing an account of the trade and productions of the country, and of the civil and religious customs and manners of the people. Three vessels can be seen approaching the coast, with more ahead in the distance.
[Ref: 32191] £140.00
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