HMS Mercury takes La Pugliese in Barletta, 7 September 1809

'HMS Mercury takes La Pugliese in Barletta, 7 September 1809', by William John Huggins. One of a pair commemorating actions in the Adriatic by the frigate Mercury , 28 guns, under Captain the Hon. Henry Duncan: the other is BHC0589.

Object Details

ID: BHC0592
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Huggins, William John
Events: Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
Vessels: La Pugliese fl.1809; Mercury 1779
Date made: After 1809
People: Royal Navy; French Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Painting: 455 mm x 610 mm x 10 mm