Arthur David McCormick (1860-1943)

The Glorious First of June

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Arthur David McCormick (1860-1943)
The Glorious First of June
signed and dated 'A D M^cCORMICK/33' (lower left) and further inidistinctly signed and inscribed 'The Glorious 1^st of June/A D M^cCORMICK R.I./58 St. John's Wood' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 1/8 x 30 in. (58.5 x 76.5 cm.)

拍品专文

This battle was amongst the first of England's great naval victories against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. The Channel Fleet under Lord Howe engaged the French fleet under Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse four hundred miles out in the Atlantic, and captured six ships-of-the-line and sank another.