Title
To the Right Honble the Earl of Derby &c. &c. &c. By Permission this View of Liverpool from the Fort / is most respectfully Inscrib'd by his Lordships most Obedt Servt Jno Ths Serres. / From a Painting of & Etch'd by J.T. Serres, Marine Painter to his Majesty & HRH the Duke of Clarence.
Creator
Serres, John Thomas, 1759-1825, artist.
Publication details
[Liverpool] : Publish'd March 1797 as the Act Directs by Robt Preston & Co Castle Street, Liverpool., [March 1797]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; sheet 45.1 x 57.4 cm
Description
View of Liverpool dock, with a burning ship being evacuated. Possible self portrait of the artist seated sketching lower left. Signed with etched signature 'J.T. Serres 1797' in lower left-hand corner within image. Etched 'Subscription Prints' in the lower left-hand corner below image. Title broken by a coat of arms.
Place
Liverpool (England)
Other persons
Preston, Robert, active 1792-1798, publisher.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.18.76.f.