- Title:
The Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November, 1759, ...
- Date:
- ca. 1759
- Medium:
- Line engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/16 x 20 11/16 inches (36 x 52.5 cm), Plate: 13 3/16 x 18 5/16 inches (33.5 x 46.5 cm), Image: 11 7/16 x 17 1/2 inches (29 x 44.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, in black ink, upper right: "5"; lower left under image: "Designed and Painted by Swaine"; lower right under image: "P Benazech Sculp."; lower left: "(Table of the English ships listing number of ships, and the guns and men each ship contains)"; below the table on lower left: "NB The resolution of ...74 | Essex ...... 64 } Run on Shore in Persuit | & after saving many Stores | their Remains were burnt."; lower center: "The Glorious DEFEAT of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November 1759, by a Fleet of HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS under the Command of the Hon:ble Sir EDWARD HAWKE Admiral of the Blue and Knight of the most Hon:ble Order of the Bath &c, Whereby they were prevented Escorting a Body of Forces to Invade the British Dominions.~ | [...water damage...] and Rob:t Sayer in Fleet Street."; lower right: "(Table of the French ships listing names, number of ships, and the guns and men each ship contains, and fates of the ships annotated beside each ship)"; lower far right corner: "5".
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13189
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- battle | cannons | clouds | defeat | destruction | flags | French | galleons | man-of-war | marine art | military art | ocean | sails | ships | ships of the line | sloops (warships) | soldiers | victory | war | warships | waves (natural events)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794, The Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November, 1759, .., ca. 1759
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