File:Cutting out the 'Curieux' at Martinique, 3 February 1804 RMG BHC0537.tiff
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[edit]Francis Sartorius: Cutting out the 'Curieux' at Martinique, 3 February 1804
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Sartorius, Francis |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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marine art ![]() |
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Description |
English: Cutting out the 'Curieux' at Martinique, 3 February 1804 The French brig sloop ‘Curieux’ was fitted out at Martinique in order to attack British interests. As she was a threat to British West Indian commerce, the British Commodore Hood gave orders for her capture. Under the command of Lieutenant Robert Carthew Reynolds four boats with 60 seamen and 12 marines set out on a moonlit night from the British ship ‘Centaur’. This meant a 20-mile row to reach the ‘Curieux’ lying under the protection of the guns of Fort Edward. When Reynolds’s barge came in under the stern of the ‘Curieux’ he found that, providentially, a rope ladder hung down the side. He scaled it and cut a hole in the anti-boarding nets to enable his men to pour on board. Before she was taken the French lost nearly 40 killed and wounded. The British had nine wounded and Reynolds, who was one of them, subsequently died of his wounds. On the right side of the picture the ‘Curieux’ is shown just before her capture. Her anti-boarding netting is clearly visible. The sailors can be seen loosing her sails and cutting her cable, while the guns of Fort Edward are firing. A moon shines between her masts and in the left foreground another battery is in action. The painting is signed and dated ‘F. Sartoruis 1805’. |
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Date |
1805 date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Dimensions | Painting: 383 x 534 x 11 mm | |||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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BHC0537 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12029 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1927-279 id number: BHC0537 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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