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Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Associated Places Alderney

Classification Prints

1. A Ship in Distress. Design'd to represent the loss of the Victory by a violent Storm near the Race of Alderney in the Year 1744. Sr. John Balchen the Admiral, & upwards of 1000 Men were on board & unhappily perish'd in the Waves

A Ship in Distress. Design'd to represent the loss of the Victory by a violent Storm near the Race of Alderney in the Year 1744. Sr. John Balchen the Admiral, & upwards of 1000 Men were on board & unhappily perish'd in the Waves

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777, French, active in Britain
Medium:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection