File:The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 20 November 1759 RMG PU8709.jpg
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English: The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 20 November 1759 This drawing appears to be a study for an oil painting of this subject by Pocock (BHC0399), which was painted as a historical piece in 1812. The ship sinking toward the left is the French 'Thésée'. See also PAD8712. The Battle of Quiberon Bay saw Admiral Edward Hawke defeat the French fleet of Admiral Hubert de Brienne, Count de Conflans off of southern Brittany in a furious, winter-evening action on a dangerous lee shore and, thereby, thwart a projected invasion attempt. A number of French ships took refuge in the estuary of the Vilaine River and were trapped there for months. The British took and burnt de Conflans's flagship 'Soleil Royal' off Le Croisic, though they also lost two ships (and around 800 men) wrecked on the off-lying Plateau du Four. It was the last battle of the celebrated 'year of victories' during the Seven Years War of 1756–63, prompting the actor David Garrick's composition of the still well known song 'Hearts of Oak' that December. |
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| Date | circa 1812 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Mount: 210 mm x 332 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: D.79 M1015-1024. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/112860 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Picture Department Petrel Project Number: M1019 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 48 id number: PAD8709 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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