File:The Bombardment of Bastia, 6 November 1745 RMG BHC0367.tiff
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[edit]Samuel Scott: The Bombardment of Bastia, 6 November 1745
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The Bombardment of Bastia, 6 November 1745  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: The Bombardment of Bastia, 6 November 1745 The English painter Samuel Scott (1702–1772) specialized in marine painting and views of London. This oil painting relates to events of the Austrian War of Succession, 1740–48, during which the British fleet occupied the Corsican port of Bastia in 1745. In the painting Bastia and its backdrop of high, wooded hills are rendered in a commanding birds-eye view. In the foreground the English fleet has closed in on the harbour, bombarding the town, which has already caught fire. The lighting focuses on the fleet and the town, heightening architectural detail, but the subtle colour scheme with hues of green and brown creates a balanced impression, holding the composition of this costal landscape together. |
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| Date | 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 1200 mm x 1460 mm x 110 mm;Painting: 825 mm x 1195 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC0367 |
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| Notes | It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11859 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Acquisition Number: 1934-50 id number: BHC0367 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||||
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