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Object Type
print
Museum number
1849,1003.6
Title
Object:
Battle of Quiberon Bay
Description
Defeat of French fleet off Belle-Isle, depicting sinking of Le Superbe; ship-wrecked sailors clinging to flotsam in foreground. 1761 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Pierre Charles Canot
After:
Richard Paton
Published by:
Richard Paton
Published by:
R Willock
School/style
British
Production date
1761
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
459 millimetres
Width:
655 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Parker 1911 / Naval battles
(65.b)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1988 Aug-Oct, London, Iveagh Bequest, Earl Howe Bicentenary exhibition
Subjects
naval engagement
Associated names
Associated with:
Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
Associated with:
Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Acquisition date
1849
Acquisition notes
1849,1003.1 to 100 were purchased by A E Evans at the 3rd part of the Stowe sale (collection of the Duke of Buckingham) on 7-8 August 1849. The lots purchased were 258, 261, 266-7, 269-70, 273 (all of caricatures), and lot 24 (sea fights)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1849,1003.6