The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas, on which she struck 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the crew in the jolly boat [graphic].

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Lewis Walpole Library > The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas, on which she struck 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the crew in the jolly boat [graphic].

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Title: The Guardian frigate, commanded by Lieutenant Riou, surrounded by islands of ice in the South Seas, on which she struck 24th December 1789, in her passage to Botany Bay, with the departure of the crew in the jolly boat [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Published / Created: published as the act directs, 22d Septr. 1790.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Description: Title engraved below image.
Artist from Sotheby's catalog.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 28 x 40 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 790.09.22.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Mezzotints England London 1790
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Riou, Edward, 1762-
Subject (Topic): Axes
Icebergs
Livestock
Rescue work
Sailors
Ships
Shipwrecks
Telescopes
Military uniforms
British
Subjects: Riou, Edward, 1762-
Axes
Icebergs
Livestock
Rescue work
Sailors
Ships
Shipwrecks
Telescopes
Military uniforms > British
England > London > 1790

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Identifiers

Catalog Record: 7748950
Object ID (OID): 10731312