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A Sloop, with a view of Calshot Castle

Object summary

Title
A Sloop, with a view of Calshot Castle
Object ID
CC-F-0096
Date made
1806
Place made

United Kingdom, Greater London, London

Engraver
Clark, John Heaviside
Hamble, J.
Publisher
Orme, Edward
Draftsmand
Serres, Dominick I
Object type
Aquatint
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

A sloop passing Calshot Castle near Fawley, Hampshire. The device fort, Calshot Castle, was built by Henry VIII as a chain of defenses along the English south coast against the French and Spanish navies. Three sloops navigate close to the castle. This is Plate 18 of the 'Liber Nauticus, and Instructor in the Art of Marine Drawing' (London: Edward Orme, 1806) by Dominic Serres and his son John Thomas Serres. Both were painters to the King.

Inscriptions

Type
stamp
Location
recto, bottom left
Text
Clark Collection MIT
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom right
Text
10-11
Type
graphite
Location
verso, bottom center
Text
F96

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