Scene from circumnavigation 1740-1744 by Admiral Sir George Anson, Baron Anson of Soberton (1697-1762)
James Mason (1710 – c.1785)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Print, paper, wood, glass
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271202.3
Summary
Print, engraving, Scene from circumnavigation 1740-1744 by Admiral Sir George Anson, Baron Anson of Soberton (1697-1762). Third and bottom print with a view of two battleships engaged in combat offset to the right, with an island on horizon to the left, mounted on a card with two other scenes.
Marks and inscriptions
View ot the Cape Espiritu Santo, on Samal, One of the Phillipine Islands in the latitude of d12;m40 No. bearing WSW distant 6 leaques. In the position here represented His Majesty's Ship the Centurion engag'd and took the SpanishGaleon call'd Nostra Seigniora de Cabadonga from Acapulco bound to Manila.
Makers and roles
James Mason (1710 – c.1785)