File:Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758- Ships at Anchor after the Action RMG BHC0388.tiff
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[edit]Dominic Serres: Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758: Ships at Anchor after the Action
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Dominic Serres, the Elder |
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| Title |
Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758: Ships at Anchor after the Action  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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marine art |
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| Description |
English: Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758: Ships at Anchor after the Action The island fortress of Goree lay off Dakar on the west coast of Africa. Its position gave the French a base from which to menace the English trade route to India and the East. It was therefore strategically important for the English to capture it every time they were at war with France. On the occasion recorded in this painting, the task was entrusted to Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel, who had been sent out after Commodore Marsh’s failure against Goree in May 1758. Against Keppel’s more powerful squadron the French surrendered the after a short bombardment. Goree was returned to French control at the conclusion of peace in 1763. One of a pair with BHC0386, this painting shows the scene just after the capture of Goree by the English. The union flag is flying from the citadel on the left. Some of the English squadron is moored in the foreground. On the left is a bomb ketch and to the right is the stern of the ‘Torbay’, with the ‘Fougueux’ on her right. A pair of two-deckers is on the right of the painting and on the extreme right are the bows of one more two-decker and a transport ship. |
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| Date | Mid 18th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 643 mm x 931 mm x 80 mm;Painting: 525 mm x 820 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC0388 |
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| Notes | Ministry of Works no 4284 on label on back. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Acquisition Number: 1938-665.2 id number: BHC0388 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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