FRENCH PRIVATEERS, CRUISING in the ENGLISH CHANNEL.
DateJune 4, 1792
Publisher
Carington Bowles
1724 - 1793
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 14 1/4" x OW: 10 1/2"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1941-234
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "FRENCH PRIVATEERS, CRUISING in the ENGLISH CHANNEL./ Printed for & Sold by CARINGTON BOWLES,/ No. 69 at St. Paul's Church Yard, LONDON./ Published as the Act directs, 4 June 1792."ProvenanceBefore 1941, Bland Gallery, Inc. (New York, NY); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).