Tag: Marine Art
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13 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #31
FOLLOWER OF ANGE-JOSEPH-ANTOINE ROUX, (french 1765-1835) “ACTION BETWEEN H.M FRIGATE ”AMBUSCADE” AND THE FRENCH FRIGATE ”BAYONNAISE”” Oil on canvas 23 3/8 x 30 in. (59.4 x 76.2cm) Private Collection HMS Ambuscade was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in…
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12 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #26
William H. Yorke, (British, 1847-1921) Canadian Brigantine *Aeronaut* from Nova Scotia, ca. 1888 Oil on canvas 60 x 90 cm (24 by 36 inch) North American Collection The Aeronaut flies the Canadian Merchant ensign with a crest in the middle of the red field. The crest, adopted in the mid 1880s, differentiates it from the British…