Image: To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet... RMG PZ5887

Description: To the Honble Peter Warren. Knt of the Bath, Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron, of his Majesty's fleet...This plate is most humbly Dedicated, being an Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet, in which he commanded as Rear Admiral of the White. By his most obedient and devoted humble servant. R. Short. Published according to act of Parliament, April 1751. A port-broadside view of the Invincible on steady waters, flying the British flag with sails billowing in the wind; accompanying her is a ship’s boat on the right. The Invincible occupies the majority of the image. In the left distance are two vessels, one shown starboard quarter with a British flag and the other port bow. See also British Museum number 1873,0510.2705 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1873-0510-2705 Man-of-war, in full sail with gun-ports open, and ship's boat moored astern, 1751 One of a set of six engravings, see also 1873-5-10-2708 ... 2710, 2712,2713.
Title: To the Honble Peter Warren...This plate is most humbly Dedicated...An Exact View of his Majesty's ship Invincible, of 74 Guns, one of the six French men of war taken the 3rd May 1747 by the British Fleet...
Credit: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-155827
Author: John Boydell
Permission: Royal Museums Greenwich
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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