拍品专文
John Livesay was appointed drawing master at the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth in April 1799.
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Five unframed sketches by John Livesay (fl.1799-1832) together with an 18th Century whaling logbook
细节
Five unframed sketches by John Livesay (fl.1799-1832) together with an 18th Century whaling logbook
of men-o'war including Colussus, Tonant [sic], French ships taken at the Nile, Mars (recto) and bow of Mars (verso) and Temeraire; an album of six coloured etchings after N. Pocock, by S. Rawle; a letter from John Livesay to N. Pocock, Esq., dated 'Portsea, Jan. 17th 1806' referring to the Battle of Trafalgar, with brief particulars of the damage suffered by certain of the ships, also a statement that "it does not appear from the conversation I have had with the Officers that the Combined Fleet was so much in the form of a Crescent as Lord Collingwood mentions in his letter"; and a copy of a plan transmitted from the Victory, dated 'Portsmouth, Jany. 1806, showing the positions of the British and Allied Fleets; and an unframed sketch of the stern of the Victory by John Livesay
of men-o'war including Colussus, Tonant [sic], French ships taken at the Nile, Mars (recto) and bow of Mars (verso) and Temeraire; an album of six coloured etchings after N. Pocock, by S. Rawle; a letter from John Livesay to N. Pocock, Esq., dated 'Portsea, Jan. 17
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拍场告示
The ships logbook is a whaling logbook and the estimate should read 700-900.