15 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS BY FABIENNE DELACROIX, JOAQUIN SOROLLA, CHARLES ROSNER, CHARLES ROSNER, LOUIS PAPALUCA, TOMASO DE SIMONE, THOMAS BUTTERSWORTH, JOHAN-BARTHOLD JONGKIND MONTAGUE DAWSON, RAYMOND A. MASSEY AND JAMES EDWARD BUTTERSWORTH, – WITH FOOTNOTES, #35

The battle between these two frigates was fought near Madeira on October 25, 1812, the ‘United States’ being commanded by Steven Decater. After a long, bloody battle, the ‘United States’ captured the ‘Macedonian’ and escorted her to Newport, the first British warship ever brought into an American harbor. The British frigate was later recommissoned by the US Navy as the USS ‘Macedonian’ and remained in service until 1836. More on this painting

Leslie Arthur Wilcox, RI, RSMA (13 March 1904–11 January 1982) was an eminent British artist known mainly as a marine artist working in oils. He was also a watercolourist, illustrator, poster artist, marine model-maker and author. He was for some years Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. His works are in many collections around the world, including the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and the Royal Collection. He wrote and illustrated two books on maritime history: Mr Pepys’ Navy (1966 G. Bell & Sons Ltd., London) and Anson’s Voyage (1969 G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London). More on Leslie Arthur Wilcox…

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