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West, Benjamin,
History -- England
History -- France
Waterscape -- Boat
Figure group
State of Being -- Death
Disaster -- Fire
Painting
The Battle of La Hogue, (painting).
Artist:
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, painter.
Title:
The Battle of La Hogue, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1778.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
60 1/8 x 84 1/4 in. (152.7 x 214 cm)
Description:
Battle scene representing the victory of the English over the French in the Battle of La Hogue on May 19-24, 1692. Figures in small boats fight in the foreground; one boat is sinking and several figures in the water struggle to climb on board. Ships are in the background, one on fire at left.
Subject:
History -- England -- Battle of La Hogue
History -- France -- Battle of La Hogue
Waterscape -- Boat
Figure group
State of Being -- Death -- Drowning
Disaster -- Fire
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1959.8.1 (1535)
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Grosvenor, Richard, 1st Earl Grosvenor,
Grosvenor, Robert, 1st Marquess of Westminster,
Grosvenor, Richard, 2nd Marquess of Westminster,
Grosvenor, Hugh, 1st Duke of Westminster,
Grosvenor, Hugh Richard Arthur, 2nd Duke of Westminster,
Grosvenor, Hugh Richard Arthur, 2nd Duke of Westminster, estate of,
Sotheby's, London, England July 15, 1959.
John Nicholson Gallery, London, England
Purchased 1959.
References:
Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995.
National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970.
Illustration:
Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 231.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 121.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 08600663
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