By Authority from originals on seven Imperial sheets presented by Vice Admiral Lestock to the Hon. House of Commons, the situations, views and positions in the late engagement near Toulon, between His Majesty's fleet and the combined fleets of France and Spain, on 11, 12, 13 February 1743-4.
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1743 - 1745
Materials
paper
Measurements
570 x 735 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 292852
Summary
A set of seven engravings showing formations of ships at sea. Bound together and entitled "By Authority from originals on seven Imperial sheets presented by Vice Admiral Lestock to the Hon. House of Commons, the situations, views and positions in the late engagement near Toulon, between His Majesty's fleet and the combined fleets of France and Spain, on 11, 12, 13 February 1743-4". Drawn by Parr and published in London 1745. Underneath the sheets is an explanation of all the manoeuvers.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.