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Creator:
Print made by John Bluck, active 1791–1831
after Robert Parker, active ca. 1805
Title:
Launch of H.M.S. Hibernia at Plymouth
Date:
1805
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered below image: "R. Parker delt. | Prince Frederick | Circe | Pallas | St. George | Hibernia | Bluck sculpt. | To the Right Honourable John Earl St. Vincent K.B. &c. &c. | This Plate, representing the Launching of His Majesty's Ship, HIBERNIA of 120 Guns, CIRCE & PALLAS Frigates, of 32 Guns each, & the Undocking the St. George of 98 Guns, having undergone a compleat repair on the 17th of November, 1804. | Shewing the Effects produced by His Lordship's mode of working the Shipwrights, under the direction of Jos. Tucker, Esqr., Master Shipwrights, and the Officers and Artificers, of His Majesty's Yard, at Plymouth, Is Respectfully Dedicated by His Lordship's most devoted hble. Servt. Robt. Parker. | London, Pubd. May 15, 1805, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand, &c by R. Parker, Plymourth Dock"; inside cartouche: "TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.12165
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31992
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