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Capture of the Slave Brig Borboleta, 4 Guns, 12 .FRS and Forty Men, by the Boats of H.M.B. Pantaloon, with Thirty Men, under the command of Lieu.t Leivis de Tessier. Prevost off Lagos W. Coast of Africa. May 26.th 1845.
H John Vernon del. T.G Dutton. lith.
A Hinton, Portsmouth_ Ackermann & co. Strand, and Foster, Fenchurch S.t London. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Fine lithograph, sheet 310 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"). Repaired. Faint mount burn.
A scene of a seabattle.
[Ref: 65918] £420.00
H John Vernon del. T.G Dutton. lith.
A Hinton, Portsmouth_ Ackermann & co. Strand, and Foster, Fenchurch S.t London. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
Fine lithograph, sheet 310 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"). Repaired. Faint mount burn.
A scene of a seabattle.
[Ref: 65918] £420.00
![[Glorious First of June] To the Memory of the Brave Cap.t John Harvey, the Officers and Crew who fell in the Action,](jpegs/57473.jpg)
[Glorious First of June] To the Memory of the Brave Cap.t John Harvey, the Officers and Crew who fell in the Action, and to the Surviving Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship the Brunswick, This Print Representing the Brunswick after breaking the Enemy's Line, as second astern to Admiral Earl Howe on the first of June 1794 Grappled to, and engaging Le Vengeur with her starboard guns, and totally dismasting L'Achille in an attempt to board on the larboard Quarter is Respectfully inscribed by Nicholas Pocock.
Painted by Nicholas Pocock. Engraved by R.Pollard.
London. Published Feb.y 16th 1796 by Nich.s Pocock, Great George Street, Westminster.
Coloured aquatint. 480 x 650mm (19 x 25½"), on Whatman paper with very large margins. Tear touching bottom plate mark taped. Paper cockled and lightly toned.
A large and fine Battle scene with excellent colour. The 'Battle of the Glorious First of June', fought between the Royal Navy under Admiral Earl Howe and a French fleet of 26 ships of the line under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse, protecting a convoy of grain ships from America bound for a desperate France. Although the British won the exchange, the grain convoy escaped intact.
Parker: 102 T
[Ref: 57473] £720.00
Painted by Nicholas Pocock. Engraved by R.Pollard.
London. Published Feb.y 16th 1796 by Nich.s Pocock, Great George Street, Westminster.
Coloured aquatint. 480 x 650mm (19 x 25½"), on Whatman paper with very large margins. Tear touching bottom plate mark taped. Paper cockled and lightly toned.
A large and fine Battle scene with excellent colour. The 'Battle of the Glorious First of June', fought between the Royal Navy under Admiral Earl Howe and a French fleet of 26 ships of the line under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse, protecting a convoy of grain ships from America bound for a desperate France. Although the British won the exchange, the grain convoy escaped intact.
Parker: 102 T
[Ref: 57473] £720.00
The Loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman.
Painted by James Northcote, Royal Academician. [Engraved by James Gillray.]
LOndon. Pub.d June 4.th 1787. by R. Wilkinson, N.º 58 Cornhill.
Engraving with etching and stipple, very fine impression. Sheet 500 x 635mm (19¾ x 25"). Trimmed within plate, affecting title at bottom, creasing in corners, laid on album paper.
A group of man and women cling to wreckage as a wave threatens to overwhelm them. The Halsewell, on only her third voyage from London to Madras, was driven onto rocks off the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on 6 January, 1786. Only 74 of over 240 crew and passengers survived. One of only a few non-caricatures engraved by James Gillray.
From the Northcote family albums. See Tim Clayton James Gillray pg 75/6.
[Ref: 66058] £850.00
Painted by James Northcote, Royal Academician. [Engraved by James Gillray.]
LOndon. Pub.d June 4.th 1787. by R. Wilkinson, N.º 58 Cornhill.
Engraving with etching and stipple, very fine impression. Sheet 500 x 635mm (19¾ x 25"). Trimmed within plate, affecting title at bottom, creasing in corners, laid on album paper.
A group of man and women cling to wreckage as a wave threatens to overwhelm them. The Halsewell, on only her third voyage from London to Madras, was driven onto rocks off the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on 6 January, 1786. Only 74 of over 240 crew and passengers survived. One of only a few non-caricatures engraved by James Gillray.
From the Northcote family albums. See Tim Clayton James Gillray pg 75/6.
[Ref: 66058] £850.00
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![[Quebec & Surveillante] The Heroism of Captain Farmer.](jpegs/65795.jpg)
[Quebec & Surveillante] The Heroism of Captain Farmer.
Drawn by R. Smirke. Engraved by T. Tegg.
Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1824.
Steel engraving. 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"), with large margins.
A scene of Captain George Farmer (1732-79) remaining on the burning deck of his ship, HMS Quebec, as some of his crew excape, after battling the French frigate Surveillante. The scene is within a decorative border.
[Ref: 65795] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by R. Smirke. Engraved by T. Tegg.
Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1824.
Steel engraving. 290 x 180mm (11½ x 7"), with large margins.
A scene of Captain George Farmer (1732-79) remaining on the burning deck of his ship, HMS Quebec, as some of his crew excape, after battling the French frigate Surveillante. The scene is within a decorative border.
[Ref: 65795] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Battle of the Saintes] To Lord Rodney Adm.l of the White, Lord Hood, Sir Francis Samuel Drake, Bar.t Rear Adnls of the Blue,](jpegs/57474.jpg)
[Battle of the Saintes] To Lord Rodney Adm.l of the White, Lord Hood, Sir Francis Samuel Drake, Bar.t Rear Adnls of the Blue, Sir Edmund Affleck Bar.t Commodore, The several Captains and Officers, This Representation of the glorious, brilliant and decisive Victory, obtained by His Majesty's Fleet under their Command, over the French Fleet, commanded by the Admiral Count de Grasse, on the 12th April 1782, for which they received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. Is with all due Respect inscribed by their most obedient Servant, Richard Paton.
Painted by Rich.d Paton. Engraved by James Fittler.
John Boydell excudit 1783. Publish'd May 1st. 1783. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Coloured engraving. 505 x 680mmm (20 x 26¾"). Repaired tear entering plate at top, repairs in margins, slight mount burn, a few spots. Some brown staining.
A view of the climax of the four-day Battle of the Saintes, with Rodney breaking the French line (the first time it was used as a tactic), capturing four ships of the line and destroying another. This victory over the French at the culmination of the American Revolutionary War was important as it saved the British colonies in the West Indies and gave Britain a better position at the peace negotiations.
Parker 88 E
[Ref: 57474] £750.00
Painted by Rich.d Paton. Engraved by James Fittler.
John Boydell excudit 1783. Publish'd May 1st. 1783. by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.
Coloured engraving. 505 x 680mmm (20 x 26¾"). Repaired tear entering plate at top, repairs in margins, slight mount burn, a few spots. Some brown staining.
A view of the climax of the four-day Battle of the Saintes, with Rodney breaking the French line (the first time it was used as a tactic), capturing four ships of the line and destroying another. This victory over the French at the culmination of the American Revolutionary War was important as it saved the British colonies in the West Indies and gave Britain a better position at the peace negotiations.
Parker 88 E
[Ref: 57474] £750.00