To the Honble Augustus Keppel... An exact Representation of the First Attack, made by the British Fleet... 8 April 1761, at Port Andro on Belleisle...
View of the first attack on Port Andro, Belleisle, by the British fleet (left to right: ‘Dragon’ in starboard bow view, ‘Prince of Orange’ in starboard quarter view, ‘Achilles’ in port quarter view); foreground, approx. 38 rowing boats and two similar crafts with a square main sail and fore-and-aft mizzen sail; to the left of the ‘Prince of Orange’ further inland is a three-masted vessel in port broadside view; clouds above. Engraving.
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Object Details
ID: | PAH7724 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Canot, Pierre Charles; Short, Robert Boydell, John Serres, Dominic |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Vessels: | Achilles (1757); Dragon (1760) Prince of Orange (1734) |
Date made: | 25 Apr 1777 |
People: | British Fleet |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 368 mm x 520 mm; Mount: 606 mm x 838 mm |