File:To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet... RMG PZ5887.jpg
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| To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet... |
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English: To the Honble Peter Warren. Knt of the Bath, Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron, of his Majesty's fleet...This plate is most humbly Dedicated, being an Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet, in which he commanded as Rear Admiral of the White. By his most obedient and devoted humble servant. R. Short. Published according to act of Parliament, April 1751. A port-broadside view of the Invincible on steady waters, flying the British flag with sails billowing in the wind; accompanying her is a ship’s boat on the right. The Invincible occupies the majority of the image. In the left distance are two vessels, one shown starboard quarter with a British flag and the other port bow. |
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| Date | 1751 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | engraving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 505 x 762 mm; Plate: 550 x 740 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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PAI5887 |
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| Credit line | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-155827 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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