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The 'Artois' capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781
'The Artois capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781'
The names of the two captured Dutch privateers were 'Mars' and 'Hercules'; both were subsequently acquired by the RN and commissioned as brig-sloops 'Orestes' and 'Pylades' (see Rif Winfield, 'British Warships of the Age of Sail', p. 328).
The names of the two captured Dutch privateers were 'Mars' and 'Hercules'; both were subsequently acquired by the RN and commissioned as brig-sloops 'Orestes' and 'Pylades' (see Rif Winfield, 'British Warships of the Age of Sail', p. 328).
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Object Details
| ID: | BHC0435 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Painting |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dodd, Robert |
| Vessels: | Artois (1780) |
| Date made: | After 1781 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Painting: 345 mm x 485 mm; Frame: 584 mm x 731 mm x 110 mm; Weight: 8.2 kg |
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