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His Majesties Ship The Blenheim

Object summary

Title
His Majesties Ship The Blenheim
Object ID
CC-F-0047
Date made
1721
Place made

United Kingdom, England

After
Baston, Thomas
Etcher
Kirkall, Elisha
Object type
Engraving
Etching
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

18th century portrait of the HMS Blenheim. A full-rigged 90-gun second rate ship of the line. Plate 8 from the series 'Twenty-two prints of several of the capital ships of his Majesties Royal Navy with variety of other sea pieces.' A view of British HMS Blenheim seen from the stern and starboard side.

The dedication at bottom reads "His Majesties Ship the Blenheim, so called from One of the Glorious Victorys Obtain'd by that Renowned General his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, to whom this plate is most humbly dedicated."

Inscriptions

Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom left
Text
1751
Type
stamp
Location
recto, bottom left
Text
Clark Collection MIT
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom right
Text
7-26
Type
graphite
Location
verso, bottom center
Text
F-47

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