The taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22d of Nov. 1739 with Six Men of War only

Hand-coloured. The engraver's inscription lower right identifies this as taken from one of Monamy's paintings decorating the supper boxes at Vauxhall Gardens, opened in the early 1740s. Monamy's contributions there no longer survive but a number of rustic and similar figure subjects by Francis Hayman do. Monamy painted various versions of the capture of Porto Bello based on drawings by Captain Philip Durell, one of his patrons, who was present under Vernon. A small oil (635 x 863 mm / 25 x 34 in) from a higher bird's-eye viewpoint than that shown here was sold at Christie's, London on 15 May 1997, lot 328, as by Samuel Scott (presumably since similar to Scott's large version, NMM BHC0354) and resold at Bonham's, London, as 'Studio of Peter Monamy' on 15 April 2015, lot 111. [PvdM 4/15]

Object Details

ID: PAF4572
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bowles & Carver; Monamy, Peter Parr, R. Wilkinson, Robert
Places: Unlinked place
Events: War of Jenkins' Ear: Capture of Porto Bello, 1739
Date made: 22 Nov 1739
People: British Fleet
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 304 x 438 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 558 mm
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