File:End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 RMG BHC0374.tiff
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[edit]Samuel Scott: End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | marine art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: When Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles was cruising in search of a Spanish treasure fleet off Havana in 1748, he heard of a squadron of seven Spanish men of war nearby. He met them on 1 October and a brisk action ensued and one of the Spanish ships, the ‘Conquistador’, was captured by the admiral. The Spanish flagship was so badly damaged that her crew fired her to prevent her capture two days later. Despite the English advantage, it was thought that Knowles had not handled his squadron well and on his return to England he was court-martialled and reprimanded.
This painting shows the action in progress. On the left of the picture are two English two-deckers to weather of the Spanish line, shown on the same tack. They are engaged and the main topgallant mast and yard of the second ship is being shot away. On the right of the picture in the background, and far down to lee is Knowles’s flagship the ‘Cornwall’ repairing her topmast and engaged with the ‘Conquistador’. Several other ships are near her including the two-decker with red galleries. A pair to BHC0373 |
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Date |
18th century date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | frame dimensions: 1250 mm x 1900 mm x 150 mm; Painting: 914 mm x 1625 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
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Accession number |
BHC0374 (Royal Museums Greenwich) |
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Inscriptions |
Signature bottom left: S Scott
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1940-209 id number: BHC0374 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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