Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)
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Rochefort, 1806 (Rochefort, Poitou-Charentes, France) 45°56'00"N 00°53'18"E
published 1 Jul 1807Aquatint with etching and engraving; printed on paper; hand coloured; edged with paper | 48.1 x 63.4 cm (image) | RCIN 735131.a
One of a pair of prints (the companion print is at RCIN 735131.b.) depicting a British squadron under the command of Sir Samuel Hood intercepting a French squadron of five frigates and two corvettes, heavily laden with stores, sailing to the French West Indies. The action took place off the port of Rochefort and resulted in a British victory, the British capturing four of the seven French ships.
The ship on the left of this view, flying the Red Ensign, is the Monarch, which is firing at the Minerve. Hood was shot in the elbow during this action, as a result of which his arm was amputated.
For further reading, see:
J.K. Laughton, 'Hood, Sir Samuel, first baronet (1762–1814)', Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edition 2007.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: surface dirt and offsetting.
Edward Orme (1775-28 September 1848) (publisher and printmaker) [bottom centre, below title:] Published July 1.st 1807, by Edw.d Orme, Bond Street, the corner of Brook Street, London; [bottom centre, below edge of view:] Edw.d Orme Excudit
Anonymous (draughtsman) [bottom left, below edge of view:] From an Original drawing taken on board the Monarch.
John Heaviside Clark (c. 1771-1863) (engraver)
J Hamble (active 1806) (engraver) [bottom right, below edge of view:] J. Clarke & J. Hamble Sculp.t
Subject(s)
Royal NavyNavy-SpainVice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood (1762-1814)Watermark: EDMEADS & PINE [no date, cropped?]
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: surface dirt and offsetting
43.1 x 63.4 cm (neatline)
48.1 x 63.4 cm (image)
51.9 x 66.5 cm (platemark)
54.4 x 69.0 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
SIR SAMUEL HOOD'S ENGAGEMENT with the FRENCH SQUADRON, OFF ROCHEFORT, Sept.r 25, 1806. / Representing in the foreground the Monarch Capt,,n Richard Lee, engaging the La' Minerve, L'Armide & La Glore. [bottom, below view]
Annotations:
(Recto) [bottom left, black pencil:] XV-131-a. (Verso) [bottom, left of centre, black pencil:] 184*(1); [top right, black pencil:] 26; [bottom right, black pencil, indistinct annotation]; [centre, black pencil:] 1806-26.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Two views of Sir Samuel Hood's Engagement with the French Squadron off Rochefort, 25.th Sept.r 1806: by E. Orme, engraved by Clark and Hamble, 1807.
Subject(s)
Rochefort, Poitou-Charentes, France (45°56'00"N 00°53'18"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
J.K. Laughton, 'Hood, Sir Samuel, first baronet (1762–1814)', Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edition 2007.
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