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Engagement between three East Indiamen and two French vessels, 8 March 1757  wikidata:Q50904337 reasonator:Q50904337
Author
Lawson Dunn
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Engagement between three East Indiamen and two French vessels, 8 March 1757 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Engagement between three East Indiamen and two French vessels, 8 March 1757 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Engagement between three East Indiamen and two French vessels, 8 March 1757 Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Engagement between three East Indiamen and two French vessels, 8 March 1757

A painting of an engagement between three East India Company ships and two French vessels, 8 March 1757'. Three homeward bound East Indiamen, the ‘Suffolk’, ‘Houghton’ and ‘Godolphin’ were intercepted by two French privateers off the Cape of Good Hope. The merchantmen were heavily laden and represented great riches for the French privateers. However they were unable to capture them when the Indiamen formed a line and beat them off after a three hour engagement. This relatively minor skirmish was a major success for the East India Company, which could have lost three ships and their valuable cargoes. The board of Directors amply rewarded all the ships’ companies.

The action shows the ships split into two groups. In the centre is the largest ship in the engagement, the French ship ‘Comte de Provence’ under the command of the Marquis de la Chaise. She is in action with the ‘Suffolk’ on the left under the command of Commodore Wilson and another Indiaman beyond. On the right is the ‘Sylphide’ in action with the third Indiaman. The painting is signed ‘L. Dunn’ and two engravings were made of this action, one was by P.C. Canot, see PAH7688.

Engagement between three East Indiamen and two French vessels, 8 March 1757
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Painting: 915 mm x 1525 mm; Frame: 1050 mm x 1050 mm; Overall weight: 31 kg
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC0379
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Source/Photographer https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11871.html
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Acquisition Number: 1936-46
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