Plate [151] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Battle of Portland; several warships, some in flames and sinking; portrait medallion of Blake above main image, suspended from a branch."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Admiral Blake defeating the Dutch under van Tromp, May 19, 1652
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [151] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Blake, Robert, 1599-1657, and Tromp, Maarten Harpertsz., 1598-1653.
April 26, 1745, publish'd according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
745.04.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Admirals Thomas Mathews and Richard Lestock and other officers who had been engaged in the fight off Toulon, and who subsequently became subjects of a Court Martial. A street scene, on the left a portico, from which a goup of persons is led by the figure of Britannia towards a dockyard; with letterpress inscriptions, verses in four columns
Description:
Title from item., Four columns of verse below image begins: Shall British glory rise again, and wipe the degen'rate stain ..., Later state, with publisher's name burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2682 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: portico of the Admiralty's Building -- Admiralty: satire on admiralty inscribed on portico -- British Lion -- Personifications: Justice -- Trade -- Symbols: Hand of Providence -- Lightning bolts -- Reference to the Battle of Toulon, 1744 -- Reference to the War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 -- Court martial -- Emblems: laurel wreath -- Balance -- Weapons: sticks as cudgels -- Architectural details: busts -- Naval uniforms -- Gates: dockyard at Deptford -- Reference to Bremen and Verden., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Torrington, George Byng, Viscount, 1663-1733, Blake, Robert, 1599-1657, Mathews, Thomas, 1676-1751, Lestock, Richard, 1679?-1746, and Norris, John, Sir, 1660?-1749
Plate [154] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Battle off the coast of Essex; several warships, some in flames and sinking; figure of Victory above main image, in cloud."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Defeat of the Dutch fleet, July 13, 1653, by Admirals Blake and Monk and Defeat of the Dutch fleet by Admirals Blake and Monk, July 13, 1653
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [154] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Blake, Robert, 1599-1657, and Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670.
"A broadside on the British failure to retaliate against French forces in America, with the ghost of Oliver Cromwell addressing the Duke of Cumberland, Lord Anson and Henry Fox (subsequently Lord Holland) and drawing attention to the achievements of Admiral Blake in the previous century; with an etching showing the profile of a bust of Cromwell looking to the right; with letterpress title and text in four columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Letterpress title above portrait., Publication date from the British Museum catalogue., The bust portrait of Cromwell in profile with plate mark 14.6 x 14.5 cm., and Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark in the lower.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658,, Blake, Robert, 1599-1657., William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765., Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762., and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
"Portrait, half-length in an oval in profile to left, looking round towards the viewer, wearing a pale coat and lace cravat with chin-length curly brown hair, against a background of ships at sea and sea-creatures surrounding a plaque bearing the inscription."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on sheet: 44.8 x 31.7 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by Mr. King in the Poultry and the Print Sellers of London and Westminster and publish'd according to Act of Parliament
