Prospect of Charlestown, the Metropolis of S.Carolina
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271168
Summary
Print, engraving, Prospect of Charlestown, the Metropolis of S.Carolina. Large seascape print with ships to foreground and town in background. Described as being 'Admiral Anson's Headquarters from 1723 to 1735 when in Command successively of HMS Scarborough, Garland and Squirrel; his instructions being to protect the coast..... (Admiral Sir George Anson, Baron Anson of Soberton (1697-1762))
Marks and inscriptions
[...]and the commerce against pirates and Spanish Cruisers which were already practising the system of annoyance which lead to the war of 1739.