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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Duke of Athol East Indiaman / James Gillray design. et fecit.
[London] : Pubd Feby 1st 1785 by R Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, [1785]
Peel 2277
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[London] : Pubd. Feby. 1st. 1785 by R. Wilkinson. No 58 Cornhill, [1785].
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Trimmed within plate mark.
The Duke of Athol was destroyed by fire while anchored in Madras Road on the 19th of April 1783.
Summary:
Print shows a young officer dying on a rescue boat attended by a young woman, surrounded by sailors and two women; ship on fire in the background at right; ships and shore seen in distance at left.
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