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Period 18th century

Associated Places Channel Islands

1. A Ship in Distress. Design'd to represent the loss of the Victory by a violent Storm near the Race of Alderney in the Year 1744. Sr. John Balchen the Admiral, & upwards of 1000 Men were on board & unhappily perish'd in the Waves

A Ship in Distress. Design'd to represent the loss of the Victory by a violent Storm near the Race of Alderney in the Year 1744. Sr. John Balchen the Admiral, & upwards of 1000 Men were on board & unhappily perish'd in the Waves

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Collections for the history of Hampshire, and the bishopric Winchester : including the isles of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, and Sarke / by D.Y. ; with the original Domesday of the county, and an accurate English translation, preface, and introduction, containing an account of this curious record ; to which is added, a glossary explanatory of the obsolete words ; by Richard Warner.

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Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ill., ports., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts