The coast and entrance of Brest, with the HMS Boadicea making signal to a repeating frigate of the number of French and Spanish ships at anchor in the harbor
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JOHN THOMAS SERRES (LONDON 1759-1825)
The coast and entrance of Brest, with the HMS Boadicea making signal to a repeating frigate of the number of French and Spanish ships at anchor in the harbor
signed and indistinctly dated 'J. T. Serres [18]01.' (on the drift wood, lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1⁄8 x 48 ¼ in. (81.5 x 122.5 cm.)
The coast and entrance of Brest, with the HMS Boadicea making signal to a repeating frigate of the number of French and Spanish ships at anchor in the harbor
signed and indistinctly dated 'J. T. Serres [18]01.' (on the drift wood, lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1⁄8 x 48 ¼ in. (81.5 x 122.5 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs. F.R. Wynne, Tempfsord Hall, Bedfordshire; [The Property of Mrs. F.R. Wynne, Removed from Tempsford Hall], Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1952, lot 56.
with Frost & Reed, Bristol.
with Frost & Reed, Bristol.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1802, no. 209.
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