File:Dominic Serres - Captain George Montagu of the 'Pearl', 32 guns, engaging the Spanish frigate 'Santa Monica' off the Azores, 14th. September 1779.jpg
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Summary
Artist
Dominic Serres
(1722–1793)
Alternative names
Dominic Serres the Elder
Description
British-French painter
Date of birth/death
1722
1793
Location of birth/death
Auch
Marylebone (London)
Work location
London (1758–1793); Spain; Hamburg
Authority file
: Q3035468
VIAF: 18126281
ISNI: 0000000116020127
ULAN: 500015057
LCCN: nr2001033993
NLA: 35097354
WorldCat
artist QS:P170,Q3035468
Object type
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Captain George Montagu of the 'Pearl', 32 guns, engaging the Spanish frigate 'Santa Monica' off the Azores, 14th. September 1779
Date
1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions
height: 61 cm (24 in); width: 91.4 cm (35.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,61U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,91.4U174728
Object history
Provenance: Probably commissioned by Captain (later Admiral Sir) Sir George Montagu, RN (1750-1829) Miss Montagu (by 1883) Margaret, Lady Gretton (d. 1999), Ufford, Lincolnshire.
Inscriptions
signed 'D. Serres' and dated 1781 (lower left)
Source/Photographer
Bonhams
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HMS Santa Monica
HMS Pearl
location of creation
Saint Thomas and Saint John District
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image/jpeg
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