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Action of HMS Arrow and Acheron against the French frigates Hortense and Incorruptible: beginning of the action, 4 February 1805
Oil painting by Francis Sartorius, entitled 'Action of HMS ''Arrow'' and ''Acheron'' against the French frigates ''Hortense'' and ''Incorruptible'': beginning of the action, 4 February 1805'. The painting has been signed by the artist and dated, 1805.
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Object Details
| ID: | BHC0536 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Painting |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sartorius, Francis |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815; Napoleonic Wars: Loss of the Arrow and Acheron, 1805 |
| Vessels: | Acheron (purchased 1803); Arrow (1796) Incorruptible (1795) Hortense (1803) |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| People: | Royal Navy; French Navy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
| Measurements: | Painting: 445 mm x 710 mm x 15 mm; No frame |