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Capture of the French Corvette "Fortune" by HMS Swiftsure / Capture du vaisseau français Fortune par le HMS Swiftsure

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Date:

ca. 1798

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Box number: A162-02

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2937896

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W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana

Capture of the French Corvette "Fortune" by HMS Swiftsure / Capture du vaisseau français Fortune par le HMS Swiftsure
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Date(s):

ca. 1798

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour, pen and ink over pencil / aquarelle, plume et encre sur crayon ; 13.7 X 22.8 CM (SHEET)?
Support x cm

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ships at sea

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Artist: Pocock, Nicholas, 1740 or 1741-1821

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General note:

In May 1798, the Swiftsure of 74 guns was under command of Sir Benjamin Hallowell (later Carew, 1760-1834). It was one of the fleet under Captain Thomas Trowbridge which reinforced Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in the Mediterranean and defeated the French fleet in Aboukir Bay on the night of August 1-2, 1798, in what became known as the Battle of the Nile. The French vessel Fortune was captured by the Swiftsure, a much larger vessel, on August 11, 1798.

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Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in pencil, verso, possibly autograph, l.c.: Pocock and top.: Capture of the French Corvette "Fortune" by HMS Swiftsure 74/Commanded by Capt. Hallowell 1798., Inscription: in pencil, probably by another hand, on mount, l.r. Capture of the French.
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Historical Events - 1798

SUBJ - SHIPS, FORTUNE

SUBJ - SHIPS, SWIFTSURE HMS
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Private

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1970-188 PIC
644
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1970-188]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A162-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 644

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Copy negative [1970-188]

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C-040090 Item no. assigned by LAC 644

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-644 Coverdale collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired / Expiré

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