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No. 1 A First Rate Under Sail, with Brig and Corvette

Object summary

Title
No. 1 A First Rate Under Sail, with Brig and Corvette
Object ID
CC-F-0087
Date made
1815
Place made

United Kingdom, Greater London, London

Draftsman and publisher
Pocock, Nicholas
Etcher
Rawle, Samuel
Object type
Etching
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

A black-and-white etching of three vessels. In the center is a three-deck, first-rate, and 120-gun ship of the line visible from the stern. At the right is a corvette viewed facing the port side. At the left is a British 18-gun brig viewed facing the starboard side. There are minimal depictions of the context or setting. Thin, simple lines make up the waves of the water at the bottom of the hull. The text below the image border indicates the vessel type.

This print is illustration No. 1 from 'Six Engraved Outlines of Ships of War from a First-rate to a Cutter' (London: N. Pocock, 1815) by Nicholas Pocock.

Inscriptions

Type
stamp
Location
recto, bottom left
Text
Clark Collection MIT
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom left
Text
A first rate under sail a brig of rear and a corvette
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom right
Text
8-51
Type
graphite
Location
verso, bottom center
Text
F87

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