Earl Sandwich refusing to leave his ship while on fire, in the Battle of Solebay [graphic]

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Title: Earl Sandwich refusing to leave his ship while on fire, in the Battle of Solebay [graphic]
Creator: Byrne, William, 1743-1805, printmaker
Contributor: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: Jan. 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Vice-Admiral the Earl of Sandwich, seated with sword in hand, refusing to abandon ship; smoke obscuring falling mast behind him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [167] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [167] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Historical reenactments
Engravings England London 1798
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Mountagu, Edward, Earl of Sandwich, 1625-1672,
Subject (Topic): Naval warfare
Decks (Ships)
Fires
Smoke
Subjects: Mountagu, Edward, Earl of Sandwich, 1625-1672
Naval warfare
Decks (Ships)
Fires
Smoke
England > London > 1798

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