File:The 'Monmouth' disabled and in danger of being taken by the French 'Providien' near Trincomalee, April 1782 RMG PY5244.tiff
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| Author |
Dominic Serres, the Elder |
| Description |
English: The 'Monmouth' disabled and in danger of being taken by the French 'Providien' near Trincomalee, April 1782 A preliminary drawing for a painting forming one of a set of Indian engagements commissioned by Sir Edward Hughes, commander-in-chief on that station in the American War period. In 1782, following various actions with the French Vice-Admiral de Suffren off the east coast of India (including the one depicted in this drawing), Hughes captured the French base at Trincomalee, on the east coast of what today is Sri Lanka. The drawing shows the 'Monmouth' disabled and in danger of being captured by the French on 17 April 1782. It is inscribed by Serres 'The French squadron consisted of 12 sail of the Line, 4 frigates and 1 armed dhow - The English of 11 sail of the Line, 1 20 guns Ship, a - and 1 Indiaman in convoy'. The full set of related paintings was left to Greenwich Hospital after Hughes's death in 1794, apparently through his wife since they are not mentioned in his will. In 1835 all but one (of the Battle of Negapatam, now BHC0448) were, with one other, subject of an 'exchange' engineered by Admiral Benjamin William Page, a former protege of Hughes, which saw them presented to the Borough of Ipswich in exchange for a picture of 'one of the naval victories' at that point unprepresented in the Naval Gallery of the Hospital, to the value of 100 guineas funded by Page. This eventually materialized as George Chambers' new 'Battle of La Hogue, 1692' (BHC0339) copied from the painting by West then in the Marquess of Westminster's collection but the difficulties of the transaction alerted the Hospital Commissioners that they were exceeding their powers as trustees in alienating items already formally accepted by the Hospital they never did so again. The paintings transferred to Ipswich were displayed in the town hall for over 160 years but are now in the museum there. [Amended PvdM 8/08] |
| Date | 1783 |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 355 x 630 mm; Mount: 550 mm x 772 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: E size. Box 1. Drawings. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/145191 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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| Identifier | Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: C36 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: J0018 id number: PAH5244 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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