File:Porto Bello.jpg
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Vernon's attack on the Castillo del Hierro ("Iron Castle"), Portobello 21 November 1739
Summary[edit]
George Chambers: The Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739
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| Title |
The Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
marine art |
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| Description |
English: This painting is based on an engraving from a panoramic painting by Samuel Scott. In the summer of 1739, during a debate in the House of Commons relating to the deteriorating situation with Spain in the West Indies, Captain Edward Vernon claimed he could take the Spanish town of Puerto Bello, Panama, on the north side of the Isthmus of Darien with six ships of the line. He was taken at his word, promoted to Vice-Admiral and given six ships to redeem his pledge. The war became known as the War of Jenkins' Ear. The main obstacle to be overcome was the Iron Castle at the northern side of the entrance to the harbour. Vernon succeeded in taking the town and in destroying the fortifications and the iron ordnance. This painting shows the attack on the Iron Castle. In the left foreground Vernon's flagship, 'Burford', 70 guns, with Vernon's blue Vice-Admiral's flag at the fore, in starboard-quarter view, engages the Iron Castle to port and two of the boats are moving in to make a landing. Ahead of her are the 'Strafford', 60 guns, and the 'Worcester', 60 guns, with Commodore Brown in the 'Hampton Court', 70 guns, on their right, flying his red swallow-tail pennant. Puerto Bello can be seen in the right background with gunfire coming from the castle. All the Union flags are incorrectly shown as being of the post-1801 pattern. |
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| Date | 1838 | |||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions |
height: 66 cm (25.9 in) ; width: 101.6 cm (40 in) |
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not on view |
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| Accession number |
BHC0355 (Royal Museums Greenwich) |
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| References | Royal Museums Greenwich | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11847.html | |||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| current | 05:31, 31 March 2011 | | 2,500 × 1,605 (193 KB) | Sir Ignel (talk | contribs) | Better quality |
| 03:33, 3 February 2010 |  | 1,779 × 1,224 (1.78 MB) | Belissarius (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description={{en|1=The capture of Puerto Bello in 1739}} |Source=Philip de Ste.Croix: Patrick O'Brian's Navy, Philadelphia 2003, ISBN 0-7624-1540-1 |Author=Unknown |Date=19th cent. |Permission={{Pd-old}} |other_versions= }} [[Category:Roya |
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Categories:
- George Chambers
- Paintings in the National Maritime Museum, London
- 1838 paintings
- 19th-century paintings of naval battles
- History of the Royal Navy
- Naval battles involving Spain
- War of Jenkins' Ear
- 18th-century sailing ships in paintings
- Edward Vernon
- Castillo del Hierro (Iron Castle)
- HMS Burford (ship, 1722)
- HMS Strafford (ship, 1735)
- HMS Worcester (ship, 1735)
- HMS Hampton Court (ship, 1709)