Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Remi Parr, active 1723–1750, British

after Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British

Published by Bowles & Carver, 1763–1830, British

Published by Robert Wilkinson, 1758–1825, British
Title:
The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 1/16 inches (31.8 × 45.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: "E & P | 1801"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1995.13.134
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sailors | navy | military art | marine art | ships | sea
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
Publications:
Jonathan Conlin, The pleasure garden , from Vauxhall to Coney Island, , University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2013, pp. 86-89, fig. 3.3, SB451.36.G7 P54 2013 (YCBA) Also available online (ORBIS) [Project Muse]

Eleanor Hughes, Spreading Canvas : Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, p. 161-162, cat. 22, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4527