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Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777, French, active in Britain, 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
- Title:
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
- Additional Title(s):
Vaisseau en Danger. Cette Estampe represente la Perte du Vaisseau la Victoire pres du Raz de Aurigni dans une grande Tempete lan 1744 le Chevalier Jean Balchen Admiral, & plus de 1000 Hommes d'Equipage y Perit Malheureusement
- Medium:
- Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58, Cornhil, & Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1995.13.130
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | historical subject | sea | ships | storm | wind
- Associated Places:
- Alderney | Channel Islands | Guernsey
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4523
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