Plymouth Sound with a distant View of the Mewstone.

Object summary

Title: Plymouth Sound with a distant View of the Mewstone.
Object ID: CC-N-0064
Date made: 1782
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Publisher: Bennett, J.; Sayer, R.
Draughtsman: Cleveley, John Jr.
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Seascape with four large ships and several single-masted boats. The closest boat, at the center of the composition, flies a British naval jack. In the background, at left, is a long landmass; at the far right is a solitary rock, the Mewstone.

The Mewstone or Great Mewstone is an island approximately 8km from Plymouth in the United Kingdom; its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for herring gull, "mew" or "maew". Artist information, title, and publisher information ("London. Publish'd 24 Feb 1782, by R. Sayer & J. Bennet, 53, Fleet Street." ) printed in lower margin.