COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07265
Record number:
07265-3
JCB call number:
D796 W742a / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
Image title:
Bay of Maran, Martinique.
Creator 1:
Cooper Willyams
Creator 1 dates:
1762-1816
Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
Creator 2:
S. Alken
Creator 2 role:
Fecit
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
[T. Bensley]
Image date:
1796
Image function:
plate; following p. 22
Technique:
etching, aquatint
Image dimension height:
13.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
20.6 cm.
Page dimension height:
28.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
22.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
View of a bay in which men row a boat toward a ship. Includes town or settlement and fort as well as smoke from a cannon that has fired at the boat.
Source creator:
Willyams, Cooper, 1762-1816
Source Title:
An account of the campaign in the West Indies, in the year 1794, under the command of their excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K. B. ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed by T. Bensley; for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall; B. and J. White, Fleet-Street; and J. Robson, New Bond-Street.
Source date:
1796
notes:
The explanation of the plates states that on the left is a planter's house, and on the right is an American schooner. In front is one of the Boyne's boats with a shot falling in the water near it.Maran Bay is present-day Marin Bay, in southern Martinique. The flag of truce was flying on the British boat as it attempted to land at Maran Bay which was protected by fort St. Etienne. The French fired cannons at the boat, forcing it to return to its mother ship. The French claimed to have interpreted the flag of truce as the Bourbon banner that represented the French aristocracy.A noted topographer and artist, the Reverend Cooper was the son of a British naval commander. After attending Cambridge, he was ordained and contributed to "Topographical Miscellanies" before first going to sea as chaplain on the Boyne in 1793. The Boyne participated in the West Indies' action related to the war between England and France. In 1796, Willyams returned to London and published this account of that campaign. In 1802 he again set sail with Nelson's fleet.The monarchists on Martinique had invited British occupation in 1794, and the island remained under British control until 1802.The engraver is probably Samuel Alken, Senior, 1756-1815.Image placed horizontally on page.This is the large paper edition.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Gift of the author to Richard Croft Esqr. MD. Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Martinique
Subject headings:
Fortification--Martinique
Subject headings:
France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
Bay of Maran, Martinique.
