View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping
ca. 1800
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Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
A Ship in Distress. Design'd to represent the loss of the Victory by a violent Storm near the Race of Alderney in the Year 1744. Sr. John Balchen the Admiral, & upwards of 1000 Men were on board & unhappily perish'd in the Waves