Nicholas_Pocock_-_Duckworth's_Action_off_San_Domingo,_6_February_1806.jpg
Summary
Nicholas Pocock : Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q1859751
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Title |
Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
Following Nelson's victory at Trafalgar in 1805, Sir John Duckworth left the blockade of Cadiz and pursued a French squadron to the Caribbean, where he defeated it off San Domingo on the 6 February 1806. With six ships of the line and two frigates he was lying off St Kitts, watering and refitting his squadron, when he heard on that three French ships of the line were making for San Domingo. A force of nine French ships were found at anchor in San Domingo Roads, whence they slipped their cables and made sail in a westerly direction, forming a line of battle close inshore. The British closed in on them in two lines to cut them off.
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Date |
1808
date QS:P571,+1808-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 122 cm (48 in); width: 183 cm (72 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,122U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,183U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
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Current location |
Atlantic Gallery (Floor plans)
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Accession number |
BHC0571
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Credit line | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Signature and date:
'N Pocock 1808'
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Source/Photographer | Royal Museums Greenwich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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