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NH 66161 View of Penzance and Mounts Bay, England

View of Penzance and Mounts Bay, England
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Title: View of Penzance and Mounts Bay, England
Caption: Stipple engraving by T. Medland after N. Pocock. Published in the "Naval Chronicle," June 1799, by Bunney and Gold, London. "This view of Penzance, and Mounts Bay, from the eastward side, was drawn by Mr. Pocock, from a sketch made on the spot by Captain Walter Tremenheere of the Marines...A brigantine is introduced turning into the bay, with a sloop on the starboard tack coming into mousehole. A fishing boat is also seen going large out of the bay."
Description: Original in Navy Department Library.
Catalog #: NH 66161
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Engraving by T. Medland after N. Pocock.
After this Year: 1790
Before this Year: 1799
Original Medium: BW Photo, Engraving
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