A view of the south side of the inner road of Toulon , and the forts Balaguiere and L'Eguillette [i.e. L'Aiguillette]

A view of the south side of the inner road of Toulon , and the forts Balaguiere and L'Eguillette [i.e. L'Aiguillette]

[London? : s.n., 1796]

1 aquatint : col. ill. ; 22 x 36 cm. on a sheet 46 x 29 cm.

IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff

Title from pencilled note on verso of print (leaf 165r), possibly identical to (though smaller than) PAH2315, the identifiying number of a print in the National Maritime Museum: View of the South Side of the Inner Road of Toulon with the Forts Balaguier & l'Eguillette, Hauteur de Grass &c. from the anchorage in the Inner Road. The engraver and artist are also derived from the National Maritime Museum's records
Hand colored
Toulon, the site of the 1744 naval battle that resulted in courts martial for Admiral Thomas Mathews and Vice Admiral Richard Lestock (on which panel Byng sat), was also the staging site for the 1756 French expedition against Minorca that led to Byng's own court martial.
On facing page (leaf 166r of The Tragedy) appears page 115 excised from The Trial. It quotes a letter from Paul Banks dated from Cartagena 20 May 1756 to Lieutenant-General Thomas Fowke, the governor of Gibraltar, advising him of Byng's fleet passing Cape Palas. Another, from Francis Aiskill at Malaga 26 June to Admiral Byng, warns that the French expect another five or six ships of the line from Toulon.
Four ships flying the British flag in the foreground.
For another view of the same site, see leaf 161v of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757.
The two forts protect the entrance to the bay.
On leaf 165v of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng

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