Fleet Battle and Blockade: The French Revolutionary War, 1793-1797Robert Gardiner Chatham, 1996 - 192 σελίδες Forgetting the setbacks of the American Revolutionary War, in 1793 the Royal Navy embarked on an almost unprecedented era of victories at sea, producing a considerable appetite for pictures of every incident, great or small. A thriving trade in prints and engravings grew up, suplemented by watercolours and oils by celebrated artists. Besides these 'public' works, many officers - and indeed members of the lower deck - kept personal journals and sketchbooks, illustrated with surprisingly accomplished drawings and watercolours, often depicting the everyday aspects of wartime life at sea that were ignored in the more celebratory artistic media. These sources form a rich vein that have been barely touched in previous publications, but which this book uses to full effect. |
Περιεχόμενα
Thematic pages in italic | 9 |
First shots of the naval | 17 |
the First Rate | 24 |
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Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
action Admiral Admiral De Winter Admiralty Collection American army ashore attack Bastia batteries battle of Camperdown became blockade boats Brest brig Britain British fleet British ships Cadiz Cape St Vincent Capt Captain captured carronades Channel Fleet coast coloured aquatint engraved command convoy Corsica crew damage deck defence dockyard Dutch enemy engaged English marine painter etching fighting fire fireships fl late eighteenth flagship force France French fleet French Frigate French Marine French ships French squadron frigate guns harbour Hood island Jervis John June land Lieutenant London Lord March Mediterranean mutiny Naval History Nelson Nicholas Pocock NMM neg NMM ref officers oil painting original by Thomas port Portsmouth prize published quarterdeck Queen Charlotte Rear-Admiral Revolutionary Robert Dodd Robert Pollard Royal Navy sail San Fiorenzo seamen Sir Sidney sloops Spanish Spithead surrendered Thomas Whitcombe three-deckers Toulon trade troops vessels Vice-Admiral Victory Villaret-Joyeuse warships West Indies wounded