Destruction of the French Frigates L'Arianne & Andromache [ and the 'Mamelouk', by 'Northumberland' and 'Growler'] From a painting in the possession of Sir H. Hotham

Hand-coloured. Destruction of 'Ariane [Fr. spelling], 'Andromache' and 'Mamelouk' (brig) by the 'Northumberland', 74, Captain Sir Henry Hotham, and the 'Growler', 16, near Lorient, 22 May 1812. See Laird Clowes, vol V, pp 499-500: related watercolour, PAD8661. [PvdM 7/05]

Object Details

ID: PAD5815
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sutherland, Thomas; Whitcombe, Thomas
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Action off Isle de Groix, 1812
Vessels: Northumberland (1798); Andromaque (1811) Arianne (1811) Growler 1804 [HMS]
Date made: 1798; 1804 22 May 1812
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 143 mm x 212 mm