An image showing 'HNS 20B The environs of Fort Cumberland in the Bay of Fundy'

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A view of Partridge Island, from the west

Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. 20B. Plate changes: Imprint July 26, 1777. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour, with one ship added by the colourist.

There are three variants of this view in the collection: 20A. No imprint. Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour. Page number '20' type-stamped bottom right. 20B. Plate changes: Imprint July 26, 1777. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour, with one ship added by the colourist. 20C. Plate changes: Plate worked up in aquatint. Several vessels added. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Dark sepia.

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Object details

ID:	HNS20B
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places:	Nova Scotia
Date made:	1776?; 1777
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements:	Plate impression 54.5 x 78.5cm.
Parts:	A view of Partridge Island, from the west (Chart) A view of Partridge Island, from the west (Chart) (HNS20A) A view of Partridge Island, from the west (Chart) (HNS20B) A view of Partridge Island, from the west (Chart) (HNS20C)