To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet...
A port-broadside view of the Invincible on steady waters, flying the British flag with sails billowing in the wind; accompanying her is a ship’s boat on the right. The Invincible occupies the majority of the image. In the left distance are two vessels, one shown starboard quarter with a British flag and the other port bow.
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Object Details
ID: | PAI5887 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Short, Robert; Boydell, John Mynd, J. |
Vessels: | Invincible (1744) |
Date made: | 1747 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 505 x 762 mm; Plate: 550 x 740 mm |