A view of Partridge Island, from the west

Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. 20C. Plate changes: Plate worked up in aquatint. Several vessels added. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Dark sepia.

There are three variants of this view in the collection: 20A. No imprint. Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour. Page number '20' type-stamped bottom right. 20B. Plate changes: Imprint July 26, 1777. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour, with one ship added by the colourist. 20C. Plate changes: Plate worked up in aquatint. Several vessels added. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Dark sepia.

Object Details

ID: HNS20C
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Nova Scotia
Date made: 1776?; 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impression 54.5 x 78.5cm.
Parts: A view of Partridge Island, from the west (Chart)