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Summary

Dominic Serres : Destruction of the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay, 14 August 1779 wikidata:Q50888687 reasonator:Q50888687
Artist
Dominic Serres (1722–1793) wikidata:Q3035468
Dominic Serres
Alternative names
Dominic Serres the Elder
Description British-French painter
Date of birth/death 1722 Edit this at Wikidata 1793 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Auch Marylebone ( London )
Work location
London (1758–1793); Spain ; Hamburg Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q3035468
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Title
English: Destruction of the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay, 14 August 1779
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: This is a depiction of naval action in the American Revolutionary War 's 1779 Penobscot Expedition . painting shows the bay viewed from the south. In the left background is the ‘Raisonable’ with a white ensign and broad pendant and firing into the ‘Hunter’.
Date circa 1779
date QS:P571,+1779-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 101.6 cm (40 in); width: 152.4 cm (60 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,101.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,152.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Current location
Royal Museums Greenwich
Accession number
BHC0425
Credit line National Maritime Museum, London
References
Source/Photographer history.navy.mil
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Destruction of the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay

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