[The Nancy packet] [graphic].

Description

Title: [The Nancy packet] [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Published / Created: [1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: R. Wilkinson
Abstract: "Shipwreck of the Nancy packet returning from India in a stormy sea off the Scilly Isles, with group of women, children and sailors in wrecked boat; people clinging to pieces of wood under raging waves at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of published state
Description: Title, printmaker, and publication information from published state. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.13497.
Proof state before letters.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 12 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 40.7 x 55 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1784
Engravings England London 1784
Stipple engravings England London 1784
Material: etching, engraving & stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London > 1784
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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