Forcing the Boom on the Hudson River, 9 October 1776
Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1779
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1283 x 1130 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926824
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Forcing the Boom on the Hudson River, 9 October 1776, by Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793), 1779. 'HMS Phoenix, Captain Parker, the Roebuck and the Tartar, forcing their way through the chevaux de frize, the Forts Washington and Lee, and several batteries up the North River, New York, October 9th 1776' - Alan Russett, 2001 - Dominic Serres, War Artist to the Navy. Maritime painting.
Provenance
Part of the Hyde Parker collection, transferred from HM Treasury, 1966
Credit line
Melford Hall, The Firebrace Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793), artist