The Destruction of Two Sallee Rovers by the 'Rose' and the 'Shoreham' in Mogador Bay, 1734
Richard Paton (London 1717 – London 1791)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1729 - 1734
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
599 x 895 mm (23 1/2 x 35 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1401181
Caption
Sallee was a notorious nest of pirates upon the Barbary (Moroccan) coast. The portrait of one of the two heroes of the action shown here, Captain Charles Windham, is also at Felbrigg.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Destruction of Two Sallee Rovers by the 'Rose' and the 'Shoreham' in Mogador Bay, 1734 by Richard Paton (London 1717 – London 1791). Round sea tower at left with canon firing from it and three vessels firing broadside at another going up in flames. The Destruction of two Sallee rovers by the Rose and the Shoreham in Mogador Bay (1734). Sallee was a notorious nest of pirates on the Barbary (Moroccan) coast. Cleaned by Ivor Jones 1966.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
Richard Paton (London 1717 – London 1791), artist