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Sat, Nov 3, 2018 11:00AM EDT
Lot 2750

English School: Naval Engagement Between English and French Frigates

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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Oil on canvas, unsigned.

32 1/2 x 42 in. , 40 x 48 in. (frame).

Exhibited: Plymouth City Museum, Napoleonic War Exhibit, 1946.

Note: The exhibition label on the reverse attributes this painting to British Maritime painter Richard Barnett Spencer (1840-1874), and dates the unidentified naval engagement to 1805. The great Napoleonic Battle of Trafalgar was fought in October 1805.

 

Condition

Craquelure with some areas of lifting and scattered losses, some inpainted. Scattered areas of inpainting. Surface soiling. Canvas slightly loose on stretcher.