Original 1779 copper engraving with the view of Mount Edgcumbe from St Nicholas's Island (today Drake's Island), in Plymouth Sound, Devon (England). A man-of-war fires a salute in the foreground, among other vessels at anchor.
Original 1779 copper engraving with the view of Mount Edgcumbe from St Nicholas's Island (today Drake's Island), in Plymouth Sound, Devon (England). A man-of-war fires a salute in the foreground, among other vessels at anchor.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Date: 1779.
Source: The Modern Universal British Traveller.
Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.3 in (26.5 x 16 cm).
Condition: Lower corners of the sheet damaged, hidden by the mat; central vertical crease from the original folding; paper lightly toned. Mounted in a mat.