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The Duke of Athol East Indiaman / James Gillray design. et fecit.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

The Duke of Athol East Indiaman / James Gillray design. et fecit.

[London] : Pubd. Feby. 1st. 1785 by R. Wilkinson. No 58 Cornhill, [1785].
engraving and etching
image: 463 x 609 mm; sheet: 515 x 627 mm
Peel 2277
Notes
Trimmed within plate mark.
The Duke of Athol was destroyed by fire while anchored in Madras Road on the 19th of April 1783.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a young officer dying on a rescue boat attended by a young woman, surrounded by sailors and two women; ship on fire in the background at right; ships and shore seen in distance at left.

Associated names
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints