ARTIST UNKNOWN

Hand-Coloured Etching / Print On Paper

Title: A Dreadful Engagement In The Buckingham, Defeating The Florissan, Algerette & Atalante, Three French Ships Of War, 28 July 1758, Conveying Dutch Ships With Provisions To Martinique

Image Size: 18cm x 22cm

Item Size: Height: 46cm, Width: 56cm, Depth: 5cm, Weight: 2Kg

Signature Details: Unsigned; Period Engraving With Period Attribution Text Beneath Image

Archival Markings Visible On Verso; "Bottom" Notation In Red Ink; Item Number Ma64604 With Institutional Provenance Label

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

Provenance: This Hand-Coloured Engraving Depicts A Significant 18Th-Century Naval Engagement During The Seven Years' War. The Print Documents The Action Of Hms Buckingham Against French Vessels Protecting A Dutch Merchant Convoy Bound For Martinique. Such Naval Battle Prints Were Highly Sought After During The Georgian Period, Serving Both As Historical Documentation And Patriotic Commemoration Of British Naval Superiority. The Work Exemplifies The Skilled Craftsmanship Of Period Engravers Who Combined Precise Maritime Detail With Dramatic Compositional Elements, Capturing The Chaos And Intensity Of Naval Warfare Through Careful Line Work And Selective Hand-Colouration.

Condition: Fair

Fc
163148+2

Location of item: 4-10 Keon Parade, Thomastown, VIC, Australia

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