File:Battle of Cape Finisterre.jpg

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William Anderson: English: Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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William Anderson  (1757–1837)  wikidata:Q8004404
 
William Anderson
Alternative names
Wiliam Anderson
Description British marine painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1757 Edit this at Wikidata 27 May 1837 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Scotland London
Work location
Amsterdam (1790–1800); London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q8004404
Title
English: Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: 'Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805'. Vice-Admiral Calder’s squadron intercepted the Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve off north-western Spain, as it returned from its diversionary voyage to the West Indies just before Trafalgar. At a time when Britain had become used to Nelsonic victories, Calder’s failure to engage it decisively led to his formal censure and he was never given another command. This shows the day after the action, 24 July. British frigates have Calder’s two prizes, the Firme and the San Raphael, under tow on the right and the damaged Windsor Castle, too, on the left. Calder’s fleet is in formation in the centre and the departing enemy in the distance[1]
  1. ↑ National Maritime Museum
Date after 1805
date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 77.5 cm (30.5 in); width: 123 cm (48.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,77.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,123.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Accession number
BHC0539
Source/Photographer first upload: Collections of the National Maritime Museum
second upload: Royal Museums Greenwich

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