The Nancy packet [graphic]

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Title: The Nancy packet [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Published / Created: [19 October 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Octr. 19th, 1784, by R. Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill
Abstract: "Shipwreck of the Nancy packet returning from India in a stormy sea off the Scilly Isles, with group of women, children and sailors in wrecked boat; people clinging to pieces of wood under raging waves at right; explanatory text below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Four lines of explanatory text below image: Wrecked off Scilly, in a storm, on the night of the 25th of Febry. 1784, by which the whole of the crew, together with several ladies & gentlemen passengers on board, then on their return from India, all unhappily perished ...
Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 12 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 44.4 x 57 cm, on sheet 48.1 x 61 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1784
Engravings England London 1784
Stipple engravings England London 1784
Material: etching, engraving & stipple engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London > 1784
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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