File:Quebec Surveillante.jpg
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[edit]Robert Dodd: The 'Quebec' and 'Surveillante' in Action, 6 October 1779
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre |
marine art ![]() |
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Description |
English: The 'Quebec' and 'Surveillante' in Action, 6 October 1779 The British and French frigate action represented in this painting was desperately fought. The frigates were accompanied by cutters, the 'Quebec', 32 guns, by the 'Rambler', 10 guns, and the 'Surveillante', 36 guns, by the 'Expedition', 10 guns. Both frigates sighted each other at dawn off Ushant and the 'Quebec', being up-wind of the 'Surveillante', ran down on her, while the Frenchman sailed close to the wind to await her. Close and furious action ensued for over three hours, after which both the damage to the masts and the heavy swell combined to bring down the masts of both vessels. Whereas in the 'Surveillante', the masts fell over the side, in the 'Quebec', they fell forward, over the decks and guns. It became difficult for the ship to fight, and the firing of her guns on the quarter-deck started a fire in the sails and tackle lying there, which quickly took hold. As the fire raged through the 'Quebec', efforts were made by both the British and French to rescue the crew. The 'Rambler', which had been in action with the 'Expedition' and had been disabled aloft, sent a boat. The 'Expedition' rejoined its frigate. One of the difficulties in rescuing the crew was the heavy swell. The 'Rambler's' boat saved a master's mate, two midshipmen and fourteen sailors, while the 'Surveillante' saved the First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant of marines, the surgeon and 36 of the crew. 13 more were saved by a passing Russian ship, but the other 127 were lost. The 'Quebec' is portrayed in the right of centre, dismasted and with her quarter deck blazing. On the left the 'Surveillante' is also dismasted. One of her boats is getting away and a naked sailor climbs up a rope ladder hanging over the 'Surveillante's' stern. In the left foreground lies the wreckage of spars and sails with sailors clinging to them, while on the right the 'Rambler's' boat picks up survivors. The 'Expedition' is in the right background stern on, and the 'Rambler' is very distant, under 'Quebec's' stern. Captain Farmer of the 'Quebec' was last seen in the bow, sitting on one of the anchors. He was killed when she blew up. The artist was one of the principal recorders of the naval side of the War of American Independence and of the French Revolutionary Wars. He also produced and published engravings of his paintings. |
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Date |
1781 date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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oil on canvas ![]() |
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Dimensions | Painting: 610 mm x 889 mm; Frame: 800 mm x 1058 mm x 100 mm, Weight: 17kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC0426 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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 InfoField | Acquisition Number: 1937-1954 id number: BHC0426 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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