File:Battlescene1.jpg

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Author
Dominic Serres, the Elder
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: The Battle of Negapatam, 1782, between the French and the English

Source: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/searchbin/searchs.pl?exhibit=it0516i&axis=1101400722&flash=true&dev= (downloaded Dec. 2004)

"Battle of Negapatam, 6 July 1782. Artist: Dominic Serres, the Elder. Date: 1786. Oil on canvas. 1117.6 x 1828.8 mm. National Maritime Museum, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection. The French were seeking to take control of the British-held port of Negapatam on the eastern coast of India. There was no clear result but the British managed to force a French retreat. The action was fought with the two opposing fleets lined up in their squadrons firing at each other. This line formation dominated sea warfare in the 18th century."
Date 1782
date QS:P571,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/coromandel/negapatam/negapatam.html

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