The Battle of the Dogger Bank
Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1782 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
940 x 1565 mm
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Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926821
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Battle of the Dogger Bank, 5 August 1781, by Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793), signed and dated 1782. Marine painter to George III. Brass plate 'Action off the Dogger Bank between Fleet under Vice Adml Sir Hyde Parker Bt and superior Dutch force under Kt Adml Zoutmann. 5 Aug 1781. Serres'. Maritime painting.
Provenance
Part of the Hyde Parker collection, transferred from HM Treasury, 1966
Makers and roles
Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793), artist