Original antique 19th-century steel engraving of the boarding of the Triton by the French privateer Le Hasard: the deck taken with cold steel amid musket smoke, the capstan and the rigging framing the melee. Engraved by Pardinel after a drawing by Louis Garneray, the marine painter who was himself a privateer, and printed by Chardon in Paris.
Original antique 19th-century steel engraving of the boarding of the Triton by the French privateer Le Hasard: the deck taken with cold steel amid musket smoke, the capstan and the rigging framing the melee. Engraved by Pardinel after a drawing by Louis Garneray, the marine painter who was himself a privateer, and printed by Chardon in Paris.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: L. Garneray
Engraver / lithographer: Pardinel
Date: 1837, according to the old record
Printer: Chardon, Paris
Dimensions: Sheet 11.0 x 7.1 in (28 x 18 cm)
Condition: Good. Paper with wide margins and light yellowing; a few small spots of foxing in the upper left margin.