This Plate representing His Majesty's Frigate Dryad of 36 Guns, bringing to close Action the French Frigate La Proserpine of 40 Guns, off Cape Clear, on the 13th of June 1796... dedicated to Captn... Lord Amelius Beauclerk....
Aquatint depicting two ships in action. 'Dryad' is shown on the right foreground with bright white sails, whilst the 'Proserpine' is behind it on the left, in shadow.
Object Details
| ID: | PAH7898 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Thomas Hellyer, Thomas; Whitcombe, Thomas |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Proserpine, 1796 |
| Vessels: | Dryad (1795); Proserpine (1785) |
| Date made: | 24 May 1801 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 452 x 630 mm; Mount: 607 mm x 835 mm |