Engagement between HMS Amelia and French frigate… by Thomas Whitcombe

Night seascape of two sailing ships exchanging cannon fire, with gunsmoke, a crescent moon and French and British flags.

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Engagement between HMS Amelia and French frigate l'Arethuse, off the Isles of Loss, 1813, Thomas Whitcombe (1813), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This night seascape shows two three-masted sailing ships engaged in combat on dark water, with clouds of gunsmoke rising between them under a crescent moon. The French tricolour flies from one vessel while a red ensign flies from the other. The work is attributed to Thomas Whitcombe and dated 1813, depicting the engagement between HMS Amelia and the French frigate l'Arethuse off the Isles of Loss.

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1813

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain