This Plate representing the French Frigate La Proserpine of 40 Guns striking her colours to His Majesty's Frigate Dryad of 36 Guns off Cape Clear, on the 13th June 1796... dedicated to Captn... Lord Amelius Beauclerk...
Aquatint depicting two badly damaged ships and a life boat. The 'Dryad' is shown left foreground and the 'Proserpine' on the right, slightly behind.
Object Details
| ID: | PAH7899 |
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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: 455 x 624 mm; Mount: 606 mm x 835 mm |