Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Twelve views of His Majesty's ships, &c. in different situations [graphic].
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, no. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, published as the Act directs 19 May 1783.
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Title from top margin of print 1.
Contents:
1. The Nymph frigate passing the Round Tower on Portsmouth Point, on her leaving the harbour; with a view of Spit-head, and St. Helen's at a distance -- 2. A Commodore's ship close haul'd in a French Gale, passing the Eddystone light house -- 3. Captain MacBridge in the Artois, taking two Dutch privateers on the Dogger Bank -- 4. The Acteon frigate running into Portsmouth Harbour, after being on shore upon the shingles; with a view of Blockhouse Fort, and the Isle of Wight at a distance -- 5. A man of war in distress lying too under a balance mizen stay-sail in a storm at sun set -- 6. A view of the Texel, a Dutch sea port on the coast of Holland, with a ship on fire by night -- 7. A calm, with ships at anchor drying their sails after wet weather -- 8. The Arethusa Frigate scudding under foresail in a storm, with a view of Plymouth, and Maker Church at a distance -- 9. The Active Frigate in stays, in a light breeze, off the back of the Isle of Wight -- 10. Landing necessaries on a raft, in a calm after a storm, from a wreck left on a rock at low water -- 11. The Ajax. a man of war, sailing into Portsmouth Harbour, with a view of South Sea Castle -- 12. Paying a sloops bottom, with a view of a dock yard in Southampton River by moon light.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Pictorial works. | Ships -- Pictorial works. | Frigates -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1783.
Contributors:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793, publisher.