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Thomas Baines: Action between HMS 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', 5 January 1795  wikidata:Q50907419 reasonator:Q50907419
Artist
Thomas Baines  (1820–1875)  wikidata:Q113518 s:en:Author:John Thomas Baines
 
Thomas Baines
Alternative names
John Thomas Baines
Description explorer and painter
Date of birth/death 27 November 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 8 May 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death King's Lynn, Category:Norfolk (disambiguation) (United Kingdom) Durban, South Africa
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creator QS:P170,Q113518
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Author
John Thomas Baines
Title
Action between HMS 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', 5 January 1795 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Action between HMS 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', 5 January 1795 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Action between HMS 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', 5 January 1795 Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Action between HMS 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', 5 January 1795

This painting, by English artist John Thomas Baines (1820–75), refers to an incident between the British frigate ‘Blanche’ and the French vessel ‘Pique’ off Guadeloupe in the early hours of 5 January 1795. In the course of the violent and extended action the English captain, Robert Faulknor, was killed, but the demasted ‘Pique’ finally had to surrender.

The painting, which is signed and dated, shows the ‘Pique’ in a port-broadside view, totally demasted, her bowsprit lashed to the ‘Blanche’s’ stern, shown port-quarter view on the left of the ‘Pique’. The ‘Blanche’ is firing through her stern windows, raking the ‘Pique’, which still wears her ensign on the staff. The ‘Blanche’ has only her foremast standing and is towing the ‘Pique’ before the wind.

By focusing on the two ships in the middle ground, but reducing the depiction of human activity aboard the vessels, and by merging the calmly rippled sea and the cloudy sky in a grey tonality as a backdrop, the artist manages to portray the devastation of the scene effectively.

Action between HMS 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', 5 January 1795
Date 1830, February ?
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions Painting: 585 mm x 762 mm; Frame: 705 x 880 x 60 mm
institution QS:P195,Q7374509
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC0478
Notes

Signed and dated lower edge Feb 1830 (?) JOHN T.BAINES

LYNN FEB` SL 1830 (???)
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Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11970
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id number: BHC0478
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Oil paintings

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