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1.
[Ships near rocky coast] [art original]

Creator:
Winchelsea, Charles Finch, Earl of, 1672-1712, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1712?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 50. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Topic):
Ships, Rowboats, Coastlines, and Shipwrecks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Ships near rocky coast] [art original]

2.
Raising the royal George [graphic]

Creator:
Nixon, John, -1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 January 1783]
Call Number:
783.01.21.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
George III, submerged in water, his head and hands raised in supplication above the waves, is being pulled out by four men standing in "Victory's Boat." They are, from left to right, Admiral Keppel, Lord Shelburne, John Dunning, and the Duke of Richmo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 21st. Jan. 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., and Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Diving bells, Shipwrecks, Boats, Ropes, Drowning, Crowns, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Raising the royal George [graphic]

3.
Reynard's hope a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban / [graphic]

Creator:
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 15th, 1784.
Call Number:
784.04.15.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by T. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament, and Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Shipwrecks, Barrels, and Gambling
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Reynard's hope a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban / [graphic]

4.
The loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1787]
Call Number:
Drawer 787.06.04.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Group of men and women in shipwreck, clinging to pieces of wood among raging waves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1787, by R. Wilkinson, No 58 Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Shipwrecks, Seas, and Disaster victims
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman

5.
The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas

Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 22d Septr. 1790.
Call Number:
790.09.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Riou, Edward, 1762-
Subject (Topic):
Axes, Icebergs, Livestock, Rescue work, Sailors, Ships, Shipwrecks, Telescopes, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas, on which she struck 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the crew in the jolly boat [graphic].

6.
A narrative of the shipwreck of the Ann. Captn. Irving Which was wrecked on the Coast of Barbary on

Creator:
Irving, James, 1759-1791
Call Number:
Osborn c399
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fair copy, of dated entries recounting the departure from Liverpool, the shipwreck on the Barbary Coast, the crew's enslavement in northern Africa, and their return to Dartmouth. Many entries concern the work done, foods, illnesses and inju...
Description:
Binding: contemporary half-calf, marbled-paper boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Africa, North., Africa, North, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Ship captains, Shipwrecks, Slavery, Description and travel, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A narrative of the shipwreck of the Ann. Captn. Irving Which was wrecked on the Coast of Barbary on the 26th of May 1789. the crew sold for slaves, continued in that state untill January 1790 were detain'd at Mogodore, to Aug 1st. arrived at Dartmouth, on the 26 of October 1790, [1790(?)].

7.
The baron's preparations for raising the hull of the Royal-George at Spithead [graphic].

Published / Created:
Novr. 1st. 1792.
Call Number:
792.11.01.19.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published for H.D. Symonds, Pater-noster Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Shipwrecks and Balloons (Aircraft)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The baron's preparations for raising the hull of the Royal-George at Spithead [graphic].

9.
Distress [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1799]
Call Number:
799.00.00.54+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A boat crammed with shipwrecked men, with an oar projecting to the right. One man leans his elbows on the gunwale while two of his companions throw a corpse overboard
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Palser, Surrey side Westminster Bridge
Subject (Topic):
Shipwrecks and Castaways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Distress [graphic]

10.
The Oxfordshire garland

Published / Created:
[1800?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Date of publication from ESTC.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Evans, London
Subject (Geographic):
Oxford (England)
Subject (Topic):
Merchants, Cannibalism, Letter writing, Sibling rivalry, Parent and child, Shipwrecks, and Fathers and daughters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Oxfordshire garland

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