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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Nancy packet / James Gillray design et fecit.
London : Publish'd Octr 19th 1784 by R Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, [1784]
Peel 2265
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London : Publish'd Octr. 19th. 1784 by R. Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, [1784].
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Caption title.
With six lines engraved below title, giving an account of the event portrayed, attributed to "Vide. [Philip] Doddridge &c."
Libray's copy trimmed within plate mark; torn at bottom of sheet, with some loss of caption text.
Summary:
Print shows the 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.
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