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Category Archives: Fighting Temeraire
More Images from John Pitt’s Sketchbook
September 20, 2011 – 11:32 pm
John Pitt has kindly allowed me to post some more images from his unpublished sketchbook, made between 1801 and 1807. Some scenes are certainly made in the Caribbean while other locations are uncertain. The identity of the artist is also uncertain, though there is some suggestion that his surname was Wigg. These are only a [...]
Temeraire at Barbados 1801
September 10, 2011 – 12:53 am
John Pitt from Eastbourne has kindly got in touch with an excellent discovery. Whilst trying to trace a RN ancestor John came across a sketchbook which includes a number of fascinating images, including one of the Temeraire at anchor in Barbados, 1801. She is shown with a bold yellow stripe and uncluttered bow, which confirms [...]
HMS Temeraire Trafalgar Ensign
October 4, 2010 – 8:26 am
British naval ensigns from the Age of Sail are very rare but every now and again one comes out of a cupboard where it has been rolled into a musty ball for decades, sometimes centuries. They are magnificent things principally because they are so enormous and are asuch apowerful reminder of the size of the [...]
Fighting Temeraire Paperback
September 26, 2010 – 12:03 pm
Because the Fighting Temeraire is now out in paperback and selling like hotcakes I thought it would be worth running over some of the most important points. 1. The Temeraire in Turner’s painting was the second HMS Temeraire. The first was captured from the French at the height of the Seven Year’s War by Edward [...]
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