Ralfe, James
1820

The Imperieuse and Thames attacking a Castle and Gunboats

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The Imperieuse & Thames attacking a Castle and Gunboats Nov 2nd, 1811. From a drawing by Mr. Hood of the Imperieuse.

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Hand-colored aquatint engraving depicts two British ships, 38-gun frigate Imperieuse and 32-gun Frigate Thames, in the harbour of Palinuro on the coast of Calabria in November 1811. The ships sank two gunboats and captured the fort after a just 15 minutes of shelling, and took two gunboats and 22 smaller vessels as prizes.

From James Ralfe's 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain'. Attribution line: "Pub'd. By Pyall & Stroud, 19 Hanway Street Oxford Street." On wove paper .

CREATOR: Ralfe, James

PUBLICATION DATE: 1820

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United Kingdom

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CONDITION: Very good.  Bright and clean. Neat, carefully colored aquatint engraving with platemark. Wide margins. 3 tiny brown spots at bottom of plate.

COLORING: Original hand-color.

ENGRAVER: T. Sutherland

SIZE: 8 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $

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