File:Brest, 1798 RCIN 735064.b.jpg

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Robert Dodd  (1748–1815)  wikidata:Q973073
 
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Dodd
Description British marine painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 1748 Edit this at Wikidata February 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Wapping London
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q973073
Title
Sequel to the Action of L'HERCULE and MARS, on the Night of April 21,,st 1798. Representing the MARS bringing her PRIZE out of the Passage Du Raz, the JASON FRIGATE having come up some time (after the ENEMY had STRUCK,) assisted in shifting the Prisoners.
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English: A view of the Mars bringing l'Hercule out of the Passage du Raz, with the Jason in the background, 21 April 1798. Wars of the French Revolution (1792-1802): War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802).

After a fierce duel between the two ships, the French had suffered two hundred and fifty killed and wounded and surrendered to the British, under the command of Alexander Hood who was killed during the action. The French ship was taken into the British Navy.

One of a pair of aquatints by Dodd, the companion to this print is at RCIN 735064.a.
Depicted place Brest, Brittany, France (48°24'00"N 04°29'00"W)
Date 21 August 1799
date QS:P571,+1799-08-21T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Aquatint with etching and engraving
Dimensions 48.2 x 63.8 cm (image)
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
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RCIN 735064.b
Source/Photographer https://militarymaps.rct.uk/french-revolutionary-wars-1792-1802/brest-1798-sequel-to-the-action-of-lhercule
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