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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Nancy packet / James Gillray design et fecit.
London : Publish'd Octr. 19th. 1784 by R. Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, [1784].
etching and aquatint
image: 387 x 525 mm; sheet: 436 x 562 mm
Peel 2265
Notes
Caption title.
With six lines engraved below title, giving an account of the event portrayed, attributed to "Vide. [Philip] Doddridge &c."
Libray's copy trimmed within plate mark; torn at bottom of sheet, with some loss of caption text.
With six lines engraved below title, giving an account of the event portrayed, attributed to "Vide. [Philip] Doddridge &c."
Libray's copy trimmed within plate mark; torn at bottom of sheet, with some loss of caption text.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows the shipwreck of the Nancy packet returning from India in a stormy sea off the Scilly Isles, with group of women, children and sailors in wrecked boat; people clinging to pieces of wood under raging waves at right.
Associated names
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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