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Ship-Building Plate CCCCXLVII

Author Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1800 - 1852)

Engraver George Aikman

Editor Professor Macvey Napier (1776 - 1847)

Publisher A & C Black Ltd (founded 1807)

Printer Thomas Allan & Co

Date1840

Object number00019695

NameSteel engraving

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 210 x 273 mm, 0.008 kg

ClassificationsArt

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

Edinburgh

DescriptionThis engraving is one of 15 published in 'Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture: Being the Article 'Ship-Building' in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Seventh Edition' written by naval architect Augustin F B Creuze and published in 1840. The engraving shows a Seventeenth Century galley, which the encyclopaedia used to describe the development of galley vessels: 'The Galleas and the Galleon appear to have been successive improvements on the original galley, rendered necessary by the introduction of cannon into naval warfare. The artillery introduced on board the early galleys was placed either before or abaft the rowers, and to fire in the direction of the length' (p 11. 'Ship-Building', 1840).SignificanceThis engraving comes from the first edition of the separate book issue of Creuze's highly influential article on naval architecture.