Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: pewterers -- Kitchen utensils.
"Allegory of Britain's naval victory, with Neptune driving the Chariot of Britannia, while nymphs riding on fish alongside carry portrait medallions of, from left to right: Pocock, Bosc[a]wen, Hawke, Saunders, Keppel and Howe; ships at battle in the background at right, representing the defeat of the French fleet by Sir Edward Hawke, November 20th. 1759."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below the title: "N.B. In the back Ground is represented the defeat of the French Fleet by Sr. Edw. Hawke, Nov. 20th 1759" and "Size of the Picture 12 F. by 15 F. in Length.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to sheet: 473 x 666 cm.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Saunders, Charles, Sir, 1713?-1775, Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, and Pocock, George, Sir, 1706-1792
Title from item., In lower right corner: Pr. 6d., Nine lines of biographical description below title: Boatswain in the Danish Navy, who was born in Norway in the year 1626, and is still living & in health at the uncommon age of 139, in Denmark ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Sailors -- Old men -- Aging -- Walking staves.
Publisher:
Publish'd accordg. to the act of Parliamt. for securing property, by Jn Spilsbury, Engraver, Map & Printseller in Russel [sic] Court, Covent Garden, London
Title supplied by cataloger., Plate possibly from: XII sonate a violino e basso. London: Welcker, [1765]., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
