File:View of Brest Harbour RMG PU1505.jpg
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HMS America (1794) was a 74-gun third rate, previously the French America. She was captured in 1794 and renamed HMS Impetueux in 1795. She was broken up in 1813.
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Burney & Co; Nicholas Pocock; Robert Pollard |
| Description |
English: View of Brest HarbourThis vignette was published in the first issue of the 'Naval Chronicle' in 1799 (effectively plate IV, though they were only numbered from plate V on) between pp. 144 and 145, which comprise a long accompanying description of Brest, the main French Atlantic naval base. The image is described on p. 144 as showing the outer harbour (the Goulet) taken 'from a sketch by Mr Francis Mason on board the Impetueux [a British frigate] in 1797', with a small frigate (presumably British) standing in and out under topsails and a 'chasse-maree', which is on the right. This is a French fishing lugger, but during the French Wars they were also – as apparently the case here – heavily manned and used as effective coastal privateers against poorly protected British shipping which strayed within their range. The technique includes roulette work and a Pocock drawing in the collection (PAD8825) is possibly a variant preliminary sketch. |
| Date | 1 February 1799 |
| Dimensions | Mount: 136 mm x 226 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: Seaports I23 I24 I28 France Ireland. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/105656 |
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| Identifier | Times Gazetteer Grid Reference Number, Prints & Drawings: I 28 L42 id number: PAD1505 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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