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To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet...
Artist
John Boydell  (1719–1804)  wikidata:Q321419
 
John Boydell
Alternative names
John I Boydell; Aldn Boydell; Boydell; John, Alderman Boydell; Alderman Boydell
Description British publisher, politician, engraver, patron of the arts, etcher and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 19 January 1719 Edit this at Wikidata 12 December 1804 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dorrington Lane London
Work location
Strand (1746–1751); Cheapside (1751–) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q321419
After Richard Short  (fl. 1748–1766)  wikidata:Q24289820
 
After Richard Short
Description British artist
Location of birth England
Work period 1754–1766
Work location
Canada Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q24289820
John Mynd
Title
To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet...
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
Description
English: To the Honble Peter Warren. Knt of the Bath, Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron, of his Majesty's fleet...This plate is most humbly Dedicated, being an Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet, in which he commanded as Rear Admiral of the White. By his most obedient and devoted humble servant. R. Short. Published according to act of Parliament, April 1751.

A port-broadside view of the Invincible on steady waters, flying the British flag with sails billowing in the wind; accompanying her is a ship’s boat on the right. The Invincible occupies the majority of the image. In the left distance are two vessels, one shown starboard quarter with a British flag and the other port bow.


British Museum number 1873,0510.2705 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0510-2705
Man-of-war, in full sail with gun-ports open, and ship's boat moored astern, 1751

One of a set of six engravings, see also 1873-5-10-2708 ... 2710, 2712,2713.
Date 1751
date QS:P571,+1751-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving
Dimensions 505 x 604 mm
British Museum
Accession number
1873,0510.2705
Credit line National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0510-2705
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