[The Nancy packet] [graphic].

Description

Title: [The Nancy packet] [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Copyright Date: [1784]
Publication Place: [London]
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."--British Museum online catalogue, description of published state.
Description: Proof state before letters.
Title, printmaker, and publication information from published state. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.13497.
Extent: 1 print : etching, engraving & stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 40.7 x 54.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Engravings--England--London--1784.
Etchings--England--London--1784.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1784.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.

Access: Public
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Citation: Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 372