Lot 279: William Norris (c.1778)

William Norris (c.1778)
H.M.S. Britannia and a frigate running down the Channel (illustrated); and A British man-o'war and other vessels in the Channel off Dover
both signed 'Wυm Norris Delinavit' (lower left); the first dated 'Jan.υrυy 1779' (lower right); the second dated 'June: 1778' (lower right)
pen and black ink and grey wash, on paper, unframed
11½ x 17 in. (29.2 x 43.2 cm.)
a pair (2)

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
H.M.S. Britannia was a 100-gun First Rate launched at Portsmouth in October 1762. After extensive service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, she was renamed Princess Royal in 1812 and, after two further changes of name (St. George, 1812 and Barfleur, 1819), she was finally broken up in 1825.