HMS Pearl Capturing the Esperance, 30 September 1780

Painting. L’Esperance is shown here being captured by the British Frigate Pearl, commanded by Captain George Montagu when off the Bermudas in 1780. L’Esperance is shown broadside-on in the left of the picture.

Object Details

ID: BHC0432
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Serres, Dominic
Events: American War of Independence, 1775-1783
Vessels: Esperance (1779); Pearl (1762)
Date made: 1781
People: Royal Navy; French Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Frame: 775 mm x 1082 mm x 66 mm;Painting: 610 mm x 927 mm
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