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Description: | Print on paper with linen backing and silk ribbon edging, attached to wooden roller. Print 'This representation of His Majesty's Ship MAGNIFICENT, 74 guns, JOHN HAYES, ESQ, CAPTAIN, Showing (after cutting the Cables in a S.W. Gale) the manner of making Sail under reefed Courses and close reefed Topsails, with Yards and Topmasts struck, and saving the Ship from destruction on a Lee shore on the 17th Dec 1812. Is by Gracious Permission dedicated to HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY WILLIAM IV by His Majesty's faithful Subject & Servant John Hayes, Capt. R.N. C.B. When the cables were cut the Ship was in Shoal water amongst the Rock, and not more than Two Cables length from the Reef of Isle de Rea, near Basque Road, and with the send of the sea was at one time only on Foot from the ground' . Immediately under the print 'Painted by Gilbert' '(ACKERMANN & Co EXEC't) Eng'd by C. Hunt', 'Sir Philip Durham & Squadron in Basque Road'. Covering the print is an explanation of how the ship was saved printed on silk.
Inscription. Print on paper with linen backing and silk ribbon edging, attached to wooden roller.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | prints Magnificent 1806 (HMS) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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