Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

[London] : B. West & J. Barney, 1 January 1791.

1 print : etching ; image 64.9 x 37.1 cm

To the hon.ble the commissioners and governors of the Royal Hospital for seamen at Greenwich; this print taken from the picture of St. Paul in the chapel of that hospital is by permission dedicated by their much obliged humble servant, Benj.n West. Painted by B. West historical painter to His Majesty. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi historical engraver to His Majesty"

Joe Zammit Ciantar, 'St Paul and the viper: a sketch, an altar painting, and an engraving', The Sunday times of Malta, 9 February 2020, pp. 52-53

Joe Zammit Ciantar, 'Depiction of St Paul's shipwreck and the viper's bite', The Malta independent, 17 February 2020, pp. 10-11

Helmut von Erffa and Allen Staley, The paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven 1986, p. 384-386, no. 397 ("Engraving ... by F. Bartolozzi, pub. with a dedication to the Commissioners and Governors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich on 1 Jan. 1791, by B. West and J. Barney")

Wellcome Collection 23963i