Medium includes pen and ink. The rear of the Burford is shown, itself following another unspecified vessell.
<p>From an album which has a bookplate of the Bishop of Columbia. The arms on the bookplate are the See of Columbia impaling Bentley.
</p><p>John Bentley was made post captain when he took over command of the Burford from Captain Richard Watkins on 01/08/1744, when he wrote in the log "in Hieres". A later signature by Bentley is dated 14/09/1744. Both J J Colledge ('Ships of the Royal Navy Vol I') and W Laird Clowes ('The Royal Navy - A History') desrcibed Burford as 70 guns, not 74.
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Title: Burford 74 Guns Commanded by Sir John Bentley 1744 In the Mediterranean of which this drawing is a correct Portrait made during Sir John's command of her by his clerk
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