File:An English brig with captured American vessels RMG BHC1061.jpg
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Summary
Francis Holman: An English brig with captured American vessels
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| Title |
An English brig with captured American vessels  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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marine art |
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| Description |
English: An English brig with captured American vessels A scene during the American Revolutionary War. An English brig in broadside view is shown preparing to hoist its sails. There is a large amount of activity on board and the artist has shown some figures in the rigging. To the right and left of the ship are smaller American vessels captured by the brig. They are flying the English flag, to denote their capture, in addition to the Rebel American merchant ensign of 1777. The painting is signed and dated ‘F. Holman 1778’. |
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| Date | 1778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 865 mm x 1500 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC1061 |
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| Notes | Signed and dated 1778. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12553 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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 | id number: BHC1061 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 09:16, 22 September 2017 | | 1,198 × 675 (258 KB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1778), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12553 #1215 |
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