Capture of La Pique Frigate by Captn. Faulkner, of the Blanche Frigate
A view of the capture of the ‘La Pique’ (left, starboard broadside) by the ‘Blanche’ (right, starboard quarter) in January 1795. The former is shown with her foremast collapsing among the smoke whilst the other masts have already fallen or drifting in the foreground. Engraving.
Technique includes etching.
Technique includes etching.
Object Details
| ID: | PAD5484 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Cundee, James |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Pique, 1795 |
| Vessels: | Blanche (1786); Pique (1785) |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 99 mm x 168 mm |