This Print representing the Action between His Majesty's Sloop Bonne Citoyenne and the French Frigate La Furieuse on the 6th July 1809, of the Western Island... by... Robert Cribb
Hand coloured etching and aquatint showing His Majesty's sloop Bonne Citoyenne (French, 1797, then British after capture, 1809) towing French frigate La Furieuse after action on 6th July 1809. Bonne Citoyenne is shown starboard view on the right, with La Furieuse starboard view on the left in the foreground. Both ships are in tatters, lit by the sun on choppy sea.
Object Details
| ID: | PAH8074 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Cribb, Robert, & Sons; Havell, Daniel Havell, Robert G. Webster, G |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Furieuse, 1809 |
| Vessels: | Bonne Citoyenne (1794); Furieuse (1797) |
| Date made: | 14 Apr 1810 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 460 x 605 mm; Mount: 604 mm x 836 mm |
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