No. 2. The British Squadron under...Captain Charles Marsh Schomberg and the French Squadron under....Commodore Roquebert...Becalmed...after the commencement of the Action off Madagascar, on the 20th May 1811
Hand-coloured drawing depicting a battle scene involving British and French squadrons off Madagascar.
'Astrea' is shown on the extreme left of the picture.
There is gunfire coming from some of the ships.
Inscribed: "No. 2. THE BRITISH SQUADRON under the Command of CAPTAIN CHARLES MARSH SCHOMBERG, C.B.K.C.T.&S. and the FRENCH SQUADRON under the Command of COMMODORE ROQUEBERT Officer of the Legion of Honour, BECALMED shortly after the commencement of the Action off MADAGASCAR, on the 20th May 1811."
No. 2 of a set of four aquatints.
Returned from R.N. Museum, Portsmouth.
'Astrea' is shown on the extreme left of the picture.
There is gunfire coming from some of the ships.
Inscribed: "No. 2. THE BRITISH SQUADRON under the Command of CAPTAIN CHARLES MARSH SCHOMBERG, C.B.K.C.T.&S. and the FRENCH SQUADRON under the Command of COMMODORE ROQUEBERT Officer of the Legion of Honour, BECALMED shortly after the commencement of the Action off MADAGASCAR, on the 20th May 1811."
No. 2 of a set of four aquatints.
Returned from R.N. Museum, Portsmouth.
Object Details
| ID: | PAI6171 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Beechey, William; Whitcombe, Thomas |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Action off Tamatave, 1811 |
| Vessels: | Astrea (1810); Galatea (1810) Racehorse (1806) Phoebe (1795) |
| Date made: | 1795; 1806 1810 20 May 1811 |
| People: | French Squadron |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 401 x 835 mm; Mount: 603 mm x 837 mm |