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Description: | This watercolour is on two conjoined sheets and is inscribed very faintly in an old hand along the bottom, 'Battle off St. Lucia & Martinique May 1 1781 Sir Samuel Hood & Comte de Grasse'. However, when shown in the NMM Pocock exhibition (1975), no. 65., Harley Preston noted that it was difficult to reconcile the close action of the fleets shown with the recorded facts of what was a long-range engagement. It was purchased for the Museum from a Mrs Pocock in Yorkshireby Sir James Caird in 1936. [PvdM 10/08]
Medium includes pen and black ink and graphite. Portfolio | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Pocock, Nicholas | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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