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Entrance to Plymouth Sound, The

Maker

(artist)
(active 1776-1797) (Life dates)

(engraver)
1745-after 1773 (Life dates)

(publisher)
(active 1776-1797) (Life dates)

Title

Entrance to Plymouth Sound, The

Date of Production

1.6.1780

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 23.8 cm
Width: 29.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4429.1

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: Drawn by W. Hay

Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: Engraved by J. Pye.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: either side of coat of arms, cannons, flags and drums : The Entrance of PLYMOUTH SOUND and HAMOAZE at Low Water, / taken from under Mount Wise Most Humbly Inscribed to / LIEUT. GENL. HAVILLAND, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF / His Majesty's Forces in the Western District, / and Col[colon] of the 45th Regt. by his most obliged humble'Serv. / W.HAY.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: Published 1st. June 1780.

Inscription: Recto: upper left margin, handwritten in pencil: 934/21/26

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