To... the Marquis of Lansdown... Chesterfield packet, Captn. Robt. Lea Jones rescuing the crew of a ship that was sinking...

Hand-coloured aquatint depicting the Chesterfield, a British Post Office packet, probably built in Falmouth. She was captured by a privateer in 1799 and disappears from Steel's List in 1800. Her captain was accused of remaining ashore to supervise the building of his new packets. Inscribed "To the most Noble the Marquis of Lansdown. This plate of the Chesterfield packet, Capt. Robt. Lea Jones rescuing the crew of a ship that was sinking, is by permission dedicated by his Lordship's obliged and obt. servant John Jeffryes". There is a painting of the same subject by Pocock exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1794.

Object Details

ID: PAH8450
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Jeffreys, John; Pocock, Nicholas Pollard, Robert
Vessels: Chesterfield (1791)
Date made: 1 Jul 1795
People: Jones, Capt. Robert Lea
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 557 x 752 mm; Mount: 605 mm x 834 mm
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