After the Victory: The Burning of the French Prize L'Entrepide ...

Photo-lithograph with watercolour addition of the drawing by Charles Dixon, R.I., after the sketch by C. W. Cole. Published by The Graphic, 28 October 1905.

Image size: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4".

Good condition with generous margins.

Text below image reads:

'Second-lieutenant L. B. hlloran, who was on board the Britannia, in his journal, thus wrote of the gale that robbed the British fleet of the full fruits of the victory: "The gale came on almost to a hurricane, and we were ordered to take out all the prisoners from the french L'Entrepide, 74 guns, and to burn her. This was effected with the greatest difficulty, the sea running very high. However, the whole ship's company, wounded and otherwise, were safely brought on board and the ship set on fire. The French officers, while viewing the destruction of their fine ship, instead of deploring the loss, stood admiring the great spectacle. L'Entrepide soon blew up. They had lost an enormous number of prisoners - numbers dying hourly; ship leakin, planks loose, thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain"'.

£28.00 mounted on acid-free board.