File:H.M.S. Mars and the French '74 Hercule off Brest, 21st April 1798.jpg

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Painting of HMS Hercule's capture by HMS Mars, 21 April 1798

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John Christian Schetky: The furious action between H.M.S. Mars and the French '74 Hercule off Brest on 21st April 1798   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
John Christian Schetky  (1778–1874)  wikidata:Q6226028
 
John Christian Schetky
Alternative names
J. C. Schetky; J.C. Schetky
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 11 August 1778 Edit this at Wikidata 28 January 1874
Location of birth/death Edinburgh, Scotland, UK London, England, UK
Work period 1793 Edit this at Wikidata–1874 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q6226028
Title
The furious action between H.M.S. Mars and the French '74 Hercule off Brest on 21st April 1798
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date Unknown date
Unknown date
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 54.4 cm (21.4 in); width: 76.8 cm (30.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,54.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,76.8U174728
Object history Collection of Lord Barrymore; - Collection of Smith Barry, Fota Island, County Cork, Eire; - with N. R. Omell, London, 19 October 1984.; - Private collection, UK
Exhibition history Castletown, County Cork, N. R. Omell, Exhibition of Marine Paintings of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, 2 October – 2 November 1984, no. 36, illustrated in colour
Source/Photographer Bonhams

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