American Fireships on the Hudson, 16 August 1776
Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1777 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
620 x 1004 mm
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Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926826
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, American Fireships on the Hudson, by Dominic Serres the elder, RA (Auch 1722 – London 1793), signed and dated lower right.'Dominic Serres, 1777'. 'An attack by the Provincials, with fireships and galleys, upon HMS Phoenix, Captain Parker, and Rose Capt Sir James Wallis, in the North River, New York, from a sketch by Sir James Wallis, 1777' Alan Russett - Dominic Serres, War Artist to the Navy, 2001. HMS Phoenix at left, fireships in centre, Rose at right. 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