File:Nicholas Pocock - Admiral Rodney's flagship H.M.S. Formidable, 1872.jpg

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Nicholas Pocock: Admiral Rodney's flagship H.M.S. Formidable, 98-guns, breaking the line, at the beginning of the Battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Nicholas Pocock  (1740–1821)  wikidata:Q1859751
 
Nicholas Pocock
Alternative names
Nicholas Pococke; Pococke; Pocock; N. Pocock
Description British painter
Noted for detailed paintings of naval battles during the Age of Sail
Date of birth/death 2 March 1740 Edit this at Wikidata 9 March 1821 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bristol, England, UK Raymead, Cookham, Berkshire, England, UK
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q1859751
Title
Admiral Rodney's flagship H.M.S. Formidable, 98-guns, breaking the line, at the beginning of the Battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782
label QS:Len,"Admiral Rodney's flagship H.M.S. Formidable, 98-guns, breaking the line, at the beginning of the Battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1784
date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 61 cm (24 in); width: 106.7 cm (42 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,61U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,106.7U174728
Object history Private Northumberland Collection.
Exhibition history London, Royal Academy, 1785, no. 29, as 'The Engagement of the 12th April, 1782'.
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N.P./1784
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5564506 (sale 6104, lot 38, London, 23 May 2012)

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