December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
A pair of copperplate engravings from George Glover's "Ship-Building." London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Brown, 1816. The work had 83 pp. and 20 plates, of which these are: Plate IV. "Profile of 74" (10 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.) and Plate VI. "Plan of Gun & Orlop Decks" (10 3/8 x 24 3/8 in.). Conservation-mounted under window mats and framed together under UV glazing. The 74-gun Ship of the Line or 5th Rater was the most popular and versatile of the heavier-gunned ships of the Napoleonic era Royal Navy and figured predominately in the blockade of the Atlantic coast of the United States during the War of 1812. CONDITION: Excellent.