Collection search - To the Captains other Officers and Seamen who burnt the Prudent and took the Bienfaisant in Louisbourgh Harbour

Sotheby's inventory no. P23

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: on recto, in the plate, l.l.:R. Paton Pinxit./Captn. Laforey with 25 Boats Attack'd/and took the Prudent of 74 Guns, but/finding her aground, was obliged/to burn her.; b.:For the Captains other Officers & Seamen, who (with a detachment of Boats from the Fleet commanded by Admiral Boscawen)/Burnt the Prudent & Took the Bienfaisant in LOUISBOURGH HARBOUR about 1 o'Clock in the morning of the 26th. July 1758. In Memory of that Singular & Brave/Action. This Representation is humbly Inscribed, By their Most Obedient Servant, Rich. Paton./London, Publish'd by John Boydell Engraver, 14 Febry. 1771.; l.r.:P.C. Canot Sculp./Captn. Balfour with 25 Boats Attacked,/Took and Towed off the Bienfaisant of/64 Guns into the N. E. Harbour, then in/possession of the British Troops. (complete transcription)