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Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, French Privateers, Cruising in the English Channel, 1792
- Title:
- French Privateers, Cruising in the English Channel
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (41.3 × 29.5 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (35.2 × 25.1 cm), Image: 12 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches (32.4 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "139"; lower right: "1/5"
Lettered inside image, upper right: "London | Dover"; center: "London | Dover | Canterbury"; lettered below image: "Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles. | No.69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London. | 617"; lower center: "French Privateers, Cruising in the English Channel. | Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1792"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.756
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22453
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