File:The Cumberland Merchant Ship engaging 4 French Lugger Privateers off Folkestone, on 13th Jany 1811 D6595.jpg

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Henri Merke  (fl. 1799–1820)  wikidata:Q25500754
 
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H. Merke
Description Swiss engraver
Date of birth/death 18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata		 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Location of birth Niederweningen
Work period 1799 Edit this at Wikidata–1820 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q25500754
, after George Lewis Ballisat (c. 1763-c. 1821) (artist and publisher)
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English: The Cumberland Merchant Ship engaging 4 French Lugger Privateers off Folkestone, on 13th Jany 1811

Cumberland (1807)

A view of the Cumberland in action with four French privateers off Folkestone on 13 January 1811. Napoleonic Wars (1803-15).

An account of this incident, under the heading 'Gallant Action', appeared in the Naval Chronicle for 1811 (republished 2010), pp.27-8. The crew were awarded protection from the impress for a period of three years as a reward for their bravery. The note ends: 'This is supposed to be the most gallant defence made by any merchant ship during the war; as her crew consisted of only twenty-six men, and those of the privateers, according to the prisoners' statement, to 270 men.'

Object ID: PAH8091

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Depicted place off Folkestone
Date 6 May 1811
date QS:P571,+1811-05-06T00:00:00Z/11
Accession number
D6595
Source/Photographer https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/148038.html
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