[M] 'ENGLAND'S GLORY': A SET OF FOUR ENGRAVINGS, C. 1738

'ENGLAND'S GLORY': A SET OF FOUR ENGRAVINGS, CIRCA 1738

published by William Rayner, London, and comprising The Great Storm, Nov.ber 26, 1703. Wherein Rear Admiral Beaumont was lost on Goodwin Sands...; The Engagement of the Confederate Fleet, under Sir George Rook, Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Sir John Leake, - And the Admiral Byng, and Dikes, with the Duch Admirals Callemburge, & Vanderdusson...; Barcelona taken by the Confederate Fleet & Army, October 20 1705, ye Land Forces under the Command of ye Earl of Peterborough, & Prince of Hesse Harmstadt, & the Fleet under that of ye Admirals, Shovel, Allemonde, Charles III King of Spain, Emperor, being present, and Assisting at the Whole..; Sir Cloudesley Shovell, in the Association, with the Eagle, Rumñy, and the Firebrand, Lost on the Rocks of Scilly, October, 22, 1707, each -- 14 x 19¼in. (35.5 x 49cm.)

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Literature: CLAYTON: The English Print 1688-1802, p.150.

These plates come from the series 'England's Glory' which, according to the advertisements in 'The Craftsman' newspaper in December 1738, illustrated 'the remarkable Exploits performed by our Royal Navy in the Reign of Queen Anne'. Each print cost 2d and were published as anti-government propaganda, at a time when de-facto Prime Minister Horace Walpole was trying to avoid war with Spain over trade barriers. ''The War of Jenkins' Ear'' broke out in October 1739.

Condition Report

Trimmed, losing surtitles, some minor restoration

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