File:Belle Île, 1799 RCIN 735075.jpg

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Robert Pollard  (1755–1838)  wikidata:Q16858216
 
Robert Pollard
Alternative names
Robert, I Pollard; Robert Pollard I; Robert I Pollard
Description British painter, engraver, printseller, drawer and graphic artist
British engraver
Date of birth/death 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 1838 / 23 May 1839 / 23 May 1838 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Newcastle upon Tyne London
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London (1810–); Islington (1781–1810) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q16858216
After Nicholas Pocock  (1740–1821)  wikidata:Q1859751
 
After Nicholas Pocock
Alternative names
Nicholas Pococke; Pococke; Pocock; N. Pocock
Description British painter
Noted for detailed paintings of naval battles during the Age of Sail
Date of birth/death 2 March 1740 Edit this at Wikidata 9 March 1821 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bristol, England, UK Raymead, Cookham, Berkshire, England, UK
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q1859751
Title
To CAPTAIN SIR H.B. NEALE Bar.t of His Majesty's Ship S:T FIORENZO, the Hon,,ble CAPTAIN HERBERT of the AMELIA; their respective Officers, Seamen & Marines, This Print representing their Engagement with Three French Frigates & a Gun Vessel aided by a Battery on the Shore close in with Bellisle April 9.th 1799 is respectfully Inscribed by / Nicholas Pocock.
Description
English: Additional text: Extract from the Gazette acc.t At the Instant of reconnoitering the Enemy a heavy Squall from the N.W. carried away the Amelias Main Topmast and fore and Mizen top Gallant masts. The Enemy seeing her crippled state we re encouraged to come out and make the Attack aided by a Battery on the Island, when after an Engagement of an hour and fifty minutes the / Enemy bore up for the Loire much shatter'd, the disabled State of the Amelia rendering it impossible to pursue them.

A view of the action between the British ships St Fiorenzo and Amelia, commanded by Captains Sir H.B. Neale and Herbert, and three French frigates and a gun vessel off Belle-Île, 9 April 1799. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802).

The engraving of the upper-case letters and some other letters is in outline, and the text in the title is faintly engraved, suggesting that this may be a proof impression.

George III catalogue entry: Naval Engagement View of the Engagement between H.M. Ships S.t Fiorenzo, Captain Sir H.B. Neale, and Amelia, Captain Herbert; and three French Frigates and a Gun Vessel aided by a Battery on the Shore close in with Belle-Isle, 9.th April 1799: by N. Pocock, engraved by Pollard, 1801.
Depicted place Belle Île, Brittany, France (47°19'59"N 03°11'13"W)
Date 12 February 1801
date QS:P571,+1801-02-12T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Aquatint with etching and engraving
Dimensions 45.5 x 60.5 cm (image)
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
RCIN 735075
Place of creation Gt George Str. Westminster, London
Source/Photographer https://militarymaps.rct.uk/french-revolutionary-wars-1792-1802/belle-ile-1799-to-captain-sir-h-b-neale-bar-t
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