File:The Moonlight Battle- the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 RMG BHC0430.tiff
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Dominic Serres: The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Serres, the Elder |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780 An unusual representation of the Moonlight battle, during the War of American Independence, 1775-83. Cape St Vincent is on the south coast of Portugal and the site of several important naval actions, including this battle. Sir George Rodney was appointed flag officer in the Leeward Island in the autumn of 1779 and it was decided to increase his squadron’s size so he could convoy supplies to beleaguered Gibraltar and to Minorca. This convoy sailed from Plymouth on 29 December. On 16 January it sighted a Spanish convoy of 22 ships, west of Cape Finisterre heading for their home port of Cadiz, 100 miles to the south. This valuable convoy, which included a 64-gun ship, three frigates and a sloop were all captured, after Rodney had ordered a general chase. Battle commenced at 16:00 and at 16:40 the Spanish 'San Domingo' blew up and sank with all hands. Darkness fell soon after and the chase continued through the night, until 02:00. Despite fighting at night and in difficult, stormy conditions, Rodney did not lose any of his own fleet. This is an unusual image of the battle. Instead of focusing on Sir George Rodney’s flagship ‘Sandwich’, it foregrounds a British two-decker. Her sails are lit by the explosion of the Spanish ‘San Domingo’ just out of the picture on the right and she is in the process of raking a Spanish ship shown on the right. To the left another British two-decker is chasing the Spanish rear-admiral. On the right the Spanish line can be seen. Some are in action and the sails of the sternmost ship are silhouetted against the explosion of the ‘San Domingo’. The painting is signed and dated ‘D Serres 1781’. |
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1781 date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 1066 mm x 1830 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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BHC0430 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1934-55 id number: BHC0430 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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