Image: Toulon, 1744 RCIN 729009
Description: English engraving depicting the battle at Toulon in 1744 with a summary of the action and a description of the most damaged vessels. William Henry Toms (active 1723-61) (engraver and publisher) [bottom left:] W.H. Toms Sculp.; [bottom, right of centre, below text:] Publish’d Feb: 29 1744-5 According to Act of Parliament, and sold by W.H. Toms Engraver in Union Court near Hatton Garden Holborn, & by the Printsellers of London & Westminster, Price Plain 2.s & 4.s Colour’d James Main (active 1745) (draughtsman) [bottom left:] James Main Delin Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (dedicatee) Main listed ships: A. HMS Marlborough. B. Prince (Princess). C. Ann Galley fire ship. E. Real Felipe. F. Constante. G. Poder. George III catalogue entry: Naval Engagement The Situation of the English, French and Spanish Fleets when they begun the Engagement in the Mediterranean on the 11.th of February 174¾ by James Main; 1745.
Title: The Situation of the ENGLISH, FRENCH and SPANISH FLEETS, when they begun the Engagement in the MEDITERRANEAN, on the Eleventh of Feb.y 174¾. Cape Sicie bearing then N.N.E. from the Center of the Fleet about Ten Leagues. The English Commanded by Admiral Mathews, Vice Adm.l Lestock and Rear Adm.l Rowley. The French by Mons.r DeCourt and Gabaret, and the Spanish by Don Juan Joseppo Navarro. This Plate is Humbly Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of ye Admiralty / by their Lordships most Obedient / and most Dutiful Servant, / James Main.
Credit: https://militarymaps.rct.uk/war-of-the-austrian-succession-1740-8/toulon-1744-this-plate-is-humbly-inscribd-to
Author: William Henry Toms
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License: Public domain
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