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- Title:
The Taking of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios
- Additional Title(s):
The Taking the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios (alias La Ninsa) a Spanish ship of 900 Tons, 32 Guns, & 309 Men, Very Richly Laden, by the Royal Family Privateers, 5 February 1746, off Cape St. Marys
- Date:
- 1753
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 5/8 inches (34.2 × 47.3 cm), Image: 11 5/16 x 17 5/8 inches (28.8 x 44.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left, written sideways: "383 (encircled) | £10"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Brooking Pinxt."; lower center: "The taking the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios, (alias La Ninsa) a Spanish Ship of 900 Tons, 32 Guns, & 309 Men, very Richly Laden, | by the Royal family Privateers, 5 February 1746, off Cape St. Marys. | Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1753, & Sold by J. Boydell Engraver at the Unicorn the Corner of Queen Street Cheapside"; lower right: "Boydell Sculp."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11119
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- attacking | battle | cannons (artillery) | capture | conflict | flags | galleons | marine art | men | men-of-war | navies | privateers | Royal Navy | sails | sea | seamen | ships | Spanish
- Associated Places:
- Canada | Cape St. Mary's | Newfoundland | North and Central America
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30541
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