[Naval engagement with Admiral Wager] [graphic]

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Title: [Naval engagement with Admiral Wager] [graphic]
Alternative Title: Wager
Creator: Landseer, John, 1769-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 January 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 2 Jany. 1805 by R. Bowyer
Abstract: "HMS Expedition commanded by Captain Wager opening fire on a Spanish treasure ship off Cartagene de Indias; in frame surmounted by an oval portrait medallion flanked by trophies and a dog."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
"From Sr. Chas. Wager's monument in Westminster Abbey"--Text below image, lower left.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [192] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Portrait prints
Historical reenactments
Engravings England London 1805
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743,
Subject (Topic): Naval warfare
Subjects: Wager, Charles, Sir, 1666-1743
Naval warfare
England > London > 1805

Access: Public
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