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Admiral Anson’s Action off Cape Finisterre 1747, by Samuel Scott - Tate Gallery

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English: Admiral Anson's Action off Cape Finisterre 1747 c.1749-50 Samuel Scott c.1702-1772

The painting celebrates Admiral Anson’s successful attack on a French convoy, carried out as part of Britain’s policy to cut communication between France and her North American colonies during the War of the Austrian Succession. It is not an accurate representation of events, but more a monument to Britain’s rapidly growing naval power. From the late 1720s Scott was England’s leading marine painter. After Canaletto’s arrival in London in 1746 he also began to produce panoramic views of London and the Thames, presumably in response to a growing market for such subjects.

Gallery label, February 2016

Purchased 1958 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T00202
Date between circa 1749 and circa 1750
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1749-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Tate Gallery
Author
Samuel Scott  (1702–1772)  wikidata:Q2542057
 
Samuel Scott
Alternative names
Birth name: englischer Canaletto
Description British painter
Date of birth/death circa 1702
date QS:P,+1702-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 12 October 1772
Location of birth/death London Bath
Work location
London, Twickenham, Ludlow
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q2542057

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