File:Francis Sartorius - Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships, 5 October 1804.jpg
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[edit]Francis Sartorius: Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships off Cape Santa Maria, Portugal, 5 October 1804 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships, 5 October 1804 |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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English: Four Spanish frigates with a rich shipment from Montevideo headed for Cadiz. The cargo was ultimately destined for France and therefore potentially for use against the British. Four British frigates lay in wait to capture them and the two squadrons met on 5 October. The senior British commander Captain Graham Moore asked the Spanish Admiral to surrender. When he refused, action commenced, and within ten minutes the Spanish ‘Mercedes’ had blown up with the loss of all but one officer and 45 men. Half an hour later the Spanish ships ‘Medea’ and ‘Clara’ both surrendered. The Spanish ‘Fama’ tried to escape but also surrendered after she was chased by the British ‘Lively’. Sartorius has arranged the eight ships of the two opposing squadrons across the canvas in pairs. In the right foreground the ‘Lively fires into the ‘Clara’. Ahead of them is the exploding ‘Mercedes’ with the stern of the British ‘Amphion’ beyond her. To the left and ahead the British ‘Indefatigable’ and Spanish ‘Medea’ on the right are in close action. Beyond them the British ‘Medusa’ and Spanish ‘Fama’ are also firing at each other. Español: La voladura de la Fragata Mercedes y el apresamiento de la escuadrilla de Bustamante el 5 de Octubre de 1804 originó la declaración de guerra a Inglaterra y es el antecedente inmediato de la batalla de Trafalgar. Reproducción del cuadro de Francis Sartorius propiedad del Museo Marítimo Nacional de Reino Unido. |
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Date |
1807 date QS:P571,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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height: 61 cm (24 in); width: 91.4 cm (35.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,61U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,91.4U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q1199924 |
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BHC0535 |
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Credit line | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | signed and dated ‘F. Sartorius 1807’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Paintings in the National Maritime Museum, London
- 19th-century sailing ships in paintings
- 19th-century paintings of naval battles
- 1807 paintings
- Burning ships
- Sail frigates of Spain
- Battle of Cape Santa Maria
- Graham Moore (Royal Navy officer)
- HMS Medusa (ship, 1801)
- HMS Fama (ship, 1795)
- HMS Indefatigable (ship, 1784)
- Ships named Medea
- HMS Imperieuse (ship, 1797)
- Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (ship, 1786)
- HMS Amphion (ship, 1798)
- HMS Lively (ship, 1804)
- Ships named Santa Clara
- HMS Leocadia (ship, 1804)
- Francis Sartorius (the younger)