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Summary
anonymous: HMS 'Melpomene' engaged with 20 Danish gunboats, 23 May 1809
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British School, 19th century |
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| Title |
HMS 'Melpomene' engaged with 20 Danish gunboats, 23 May 1809  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Description |
English: HMS 'Melpomene' engaged with 20 Danish gunboats, 23 May 1809 In 1809 the British ships HMS ‘Melpomene’ was serving in the Baltic where she was involved in several incidents with Danish ships. On 23 May 1809 she was attacked by twenty large Danish gun vessels and 34 of her officers and crew were killed and wounded. She also suffered considerable damage to her hull, sails and rigging. This painting, which is an imaginary account after the event, focuses on the dramatic impact of an attack which left the British ship so outnumbered. Several ships can be seen burning. The depiction of the Danish ship in the foreground prominently displaying the Danish flag, evokes imagery of Viking raids. |
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| Date | 19th century | |||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 415 mm x 586 mm x 45 mm;Painting: 330 mm x 495 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC0590 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12082 | |||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: OP1969-3 id number: BHC0590 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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| current | 12:38, 25 September 2017 |  | 4,649 × 3,017 (40.13 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12082 #1370 |
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