A View of the Frigates Stationed in the Hope under the Command of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House

Print made by William Daniell, 1769–1837, British, A View of the Frigates Stationed in the Hope under the Command of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, 1804

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Creator:

Print made by William Daniell, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, 1769; active in England, India, and Scotland; died in London, England, 1837
after William Daniell, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, 1769; active in England, India, and Scotland; died in London, England, 1837
Published by William Daniell, born in Kingston upon Thames, England, 1769; active in England, India, and Scotland; died in London, England, 1837

Title:

A View of the Frigates Stationed in the Hope under the Command of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House

Date:

1804

Materials & Techniques:

Soft-ground etching and aquatint with hand coloring in watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 20 3/4 × 30 inches (52.7 × 76.2 cm), Plate: 17 7/8 × 29 1/8 inches (45.4 × 74 cm), Image: 15 × 26 5/8 inches (38.1 × 67.6 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in dark brown ink, lower center: "& Strachan."; in dark brown ink, lower center: "The ships riding Ebb."; on verso in graphite, lower right: "William DANIELL | (IR 230/125)"

Watermark: J Whatman

Lettered below image, lower left: "DÆDALUS | Captns. Sir Robt. Preston & Chapman. || VESTAL | Captns. Reed & King. || RETRIBUTION | Captns. Polly & Deffell. || IRIS | Captns. Easterby & Huddart."; lower center: "HEROINE | Lieut. Colonel Cotton. || L'UNITE | Captn. Woolmore ([added in ink]: & Strachan.) || MODESTE | Captns. Barton & Fraser. || QUEBEC | Captns. Calvert & Laurens."; lower right: "KING'S YACHT | Sir Harry Burrard Neale. || SOLEBAY | Major Travers & Capn. Curtis. || KING'S YACHT | Captn. Grey. || RESOURCE | Captns. Brown & Sealy. || TRINITY YACHT"; lower left: "Over the HEROINE & L'UNITE are introduced a part of twenty armed vessels furnished | to Government by the East India Company for the defence of the Coast from 26 to 16 Guns"; lower center: "A VIEW OF THE FRIGATES STATIONED IN THE HOPE UNDER THE COMMAND OF | THE ELDER BRETHREN OF THE TRINITY HOUSE. | To the Right Honorable William Pitt Colonel, Joseph Cotton Lieut. Colonel, John Travers Major, the Captains, Officers & Volunteers | of the Trinity House Royal Artillery Corps, this Print is inscribed by their obedient Servant William Daniell."; lower right: "The MODESTE is removed from the line to admit | of a free passage for the Trade."; lower left: "Drawn, Engraved & Published by William Daniell."; lower right: "No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Jany. 20. 1804."

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