The Dockyard, Mutton Cove and Passage taken near the Battery, Mt Edgcumbe (illustrated); and Mount Edgcumbe, St. Nicholas's Island and Penlee Point from the east

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William Payne, O.W.S. (1760-1830 London)
The Dockyard, Mutton Cove and Passage taken near the Battery, M^t Edgcumbe (illustrated); and Mount Edgcumbe, S^t. Nicholas's Island and Penlee Point from the east
the first signed 'W: Payne' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Dock Yard, Mutton Cove & Passage taken near the Battery M^t Edgcumbe' (on an old label presumably from a sketchbook); the second signed 'W. Payne' (lower left) and inscribed 'Mount Edgcumbe, S^t Nicholas's Island, & Penlee Point from the East' (on an old label presumably from a sketchbook)
hand-coloured etchings, unframed
11 x 14 7/8 in. (28 x 37.9 cm.); a pair; An unframed watercolour of a figure and cat on the steps of a cottage, from the circle of William Payne; and An unframed watercolour of a shepherd resting before a ruined abbey, by another hand (4)

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This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

A watercolour of the first subject, without the ship anchored in the foreground, is in the Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery. The Plymouth version is dated 1786 and has an inscription on the back that states further, 'the Royal Sovereign and Glory on the Stocks'. The Royal Sovereign was launched at Plymouth Dock on 11 September 1786, and the Glory was launched in 1788. The ship in an advanced state of construction is therefore probably the Royal Sovereign which went on to play an important role in Lord Howe's victory of the 'Glorious First of June' (1794) and at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.

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