![[Bishops Court] The Gallant Action (off the Isle of Man) where the Brave Cap.t Elliot Defeated & took the Marshall Belleisle,](jpegs/54810.jpg)
[Bishops Court] The Gallant Action (off the Isle of Man) where the Brave Cap.t Elliot Defeated & took the Marshall Belleisle,Commanded by the Famous Thurot, and two other French Ships of War the 28th. of February 1760.
Fran.s Swaine Pinx.t. P.C. Canot Sculp.
Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Chiurch Yard, & J.no Bowles No 13 Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760s].
Engraving. 335 x 465mm (12¾ x 18¼"), with large margins.
The Battle of Bishops Court, in which privateer François Thurot's ships, the ships Maréchal de Belle-Isle, Terpsichore and Blonde, were brought to battle off the Isle of Man. After a close-fought action, Thurot's force was battered into submission, with his ships dismasted and reduced to a sinking condition. Thurot was hit by a musket ball and died during the action, with his body being thrown overboard. Around 300 of the French had been killed or wounded, while British losses amounted to four killed and 15 wounded on Aeolus, one killed and five wounded on Pallas and 11 wounded on Brilliant. Thurot's body was washed ashore at Port William and was buried with full military honours at Kirkmaiden, Galloway, Scotland. Plate 6 of a series of naval battles by marine painter Francis Swain (c.1719-82).
Parker 1256.
[Ref: 54810] £380.00
Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Chiurch Yard, & J.no Bowles No 13 Cornhill, Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760s].
Engraving. 335 x 465mm (12¾ x 18¼"), with large margins.
The Battle of Bishops Court, in which privateer François Thurot's ships, the ships Maréchal de Belle-Isle, Terpsichore and Blonde, were brought to battle off the Isle of Man. After a close-fought action, Thurot's force was battered into submission, with his ships dismasted and reduced to a sinking condition. Thurot was hit by a musket ball and died during the action, with his body being thrown overboard. Around 300 of the French had been killed or wounded, while British losses amounted to four killed and 15 wounded on Aeolus, one killed and five wounded on Pallas and 11 wounded on Brilliant. Thurot's body was washed ashore at Port William and was buried with full military honours at Kirkmaiden, Galloway, Scotland. Plate 6 of a series of naval battles by marine painter Francis Swain (c.1719-82).
Parker 1256.
[Ref: 54810] £380.00