Look at perspective. Lord Bridport's Action off L'Orient at the Close of the Action in the Centre is seen the Royal George Continuing the Chase the Tigre having Struck her Colours & Bore up appears to the Left on the Right is Formidable & Alexander --- The Isle de Groias with Port Louis & L'Orient in Distance on the Right

original art: drawing

Object Details

ID: PAD8507
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: British School, 18th century
Places: Lorient
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Bridport's action off the Ile de Groix, 1795
Vessels: Royal George (1756); Tigre (1793)
Date made: 1756; 23 Jun 1795
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by Archdeacon F. H. D. Smythe through The Art Fund
Measurements: Mount: 120 mm x 186 mm
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