File:French frigate Cléopâtre (1781) at Start Point, 1793 RCIN 735014 (cropped).jpg

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Cléopâtre at Start Point, Devon in 1793

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Author
Robert Dodd  (1748–1815)  wikidata:Q973073
 
Alternative names
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 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q973073
Title
This View of the French National Frigate LA CLEOPATRE, Commanded by Mons.r Mullon, as brought into Action by his Majesty’s Frigate LA NYMPHE, Commanded by Capt.n Pellew on the Morning of the 17th of June 1793, Is humbly Inscribed to the Officers of the Royal Navy by their obedient Serv.t Rob.t Dodd.
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English: A view of the action on 18 June 1793 off Start Point in which the British frigate Nymphe, Captain Edward Pellew (1793-8), took the French frigate Cléopâtre. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802): War of the First Coalition (1792-8).

This print shows the Nymphe on the left and the French frigate on the right with the republican colours just visible at the stern. It depicts the scene just before action was joined. Pellew was acclaimed following his success which was the first British naval victory of the war against France. He took the Cléopâtre back as a prize to Portsmouth where he arrived on 21 June. He was presented to George III on the 22nd, and was knighted on the 29th. The Cléopâtre entered the British navy as the Oiseau.

Painted by R. Dodd, from the real Ships a few days after the Action, and Engraved from the Original in Possession of ANDREW LINDEGREEN Esq.r

Woodfall & Freeman : London, No 95 Strand (publisher)

Thomas Adams (active 1793) (publisher)

Publish'd Sept.r 20. 1793, by Woodfall & Freeman, Printsellers to His Majesty, N.o 95, Strand; R. Dodd, Alsop Buildings, New Road, Marybone; & by T. Adams, Shaftsbury.

George III catalogue entry: Naval Engagement View of the French National Frigate la Cleopatre commanded by M. Mullon as brought into Action by H.M. Frigate la Nymphe commanded by Captain Pellew on the morning of the 17.th of June 1793: by R. Dodd, 1793.
Depicted place Start Point, Devon, England, UK (50°13'17"N 03°38'26"E)
Date 20 September 1793
date QS:P571,+1793-09-20T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Aquatint with etching and engraving
Dimensions 42.1 x 64.2 cm (image)
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
RCIN 735014
Source/Photographer https://militarymaps.rct.uk/french-revolutionary-wars-1792-1802/start-point-1793-this-view-of-the-french
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