File:Dominic Serres - Barrington's action at St Lucia 1778 - ZBA2204.jpg
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[edit]Dominic Serres: Barrington's action at St Lucia: the squadron at anchor off the Cul de Sac after the action, 16 December 1778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q3035468 |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
This shows Admiral Samuel Barrington's squadron at anchor across the Grand Cul de Sac on the west side of St Lucia, covering his invasion transports within it, on the day following his successful defence of the anchorage (during the American War) against the French West Indies fleet. This is seen in the far left distance as is the conical Pigeon Island off Gros Islet Bay, further north. The picture is the pair to BHC0422, which shows the action of the 15 December, and both were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780, this one as 'View of the English squadron commanded by Admiral Barrington, and transports in the Cul de Sac with the French fleet under Count d'Estaing, December 16th 1778'. Barrington's flagship 'Prince of Wales', 74 guns, is last in the line, in stern view on the left, and he is shown with other figures standing on the stern gallery of his great cabin. Ahead of him lie Commodore William Hotham's 'Preston', and the 'Centurion' (both 50 guns), the 'Nonsuch', 64, the 'Boyne', 70, the 'St Albans', 64, and the 'Isis', 50. The frigates present, several of which are included, were the 'Venus', 36, 'Pearl', 32, and the 'Aurora', 28, with the smaller 'Ariadne', 20, and the 'Carcass', bomb vessel. The single-masted vessel in the foreground appears to be carrying fascines (bundles of timber used in siege works). A Union flag hanging in Barrington's mizzen rigging is a signal for officers to come on board for a council of war and boats are crossing to him from other ships, or waiting under his stern. In 1824, after Barrington's death, the pair of pictures was presented to the Naval Gallery in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital, together with BHC0370 (and its pair) and BHC0390 (and its pair): these, also by Serres, are smaller pictures of two of Barrington's earlier actions and the donor of all was his brother Shute Barrington, Lord Bishop of Durham. In 1831, William, 3rd Viscount Barrington, nephew of both the admiral and bishop, wrote a letter to the Hospital in which he 'expressed an earnest desire that such of the Pictures as are in duplicate, which were presented to the Hospital by his late Uncle the Bishop of Durham may be restored to him as the representative of the Family.' |
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Date |
1780 date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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height: 107 cm (42.1 in); width: 183.7 cm (72.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,107U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,183.7U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1199924 |
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Current location |
not on view |
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Accession number |
ZBA2204 |
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Exhibition history | Royal Academy summer exhibition, Somerset House, 1780 , as View of the English squadron commanded by Admiral Barrington, and transports in the Cul de Sac with the French fleet under Count d'Estaing, December 16th 1778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Acquired with the assistance of The Art Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Royal Museums Greenwich |
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- Dominic Serres
- Paintings in the National Maritime Museum, London
- Sailing ships of the Royal Navy
- 18th-century sailing ships in paintings
- Military under Louis XVI of France (1774-1792)
- Pigeon Island, Saint Lucia
- History of Saint Lucia
- Samuel Barrington
- Grand Cul de Sac Bay
- HMS Nonsuch (ship, 1774)
- HMS Prince of Wales (ship, 1765)
- HMS Preston (ship, 1757)
- HMS Centurion (ship, 1774)
- Exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition
- Artworks with known accession number
- Artworks with Wikidata item
- Artworks with Wikidata item missing genre
- Artworks digital representation of 2D work
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