Bayonnaise against the Ambuscade, 1798 - Hand-Colored Engraving
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Original antique hand-colored engraving of the action of the Bayonnaise against the English Ambuscade on 14 December 1798, off the Île de Ré: the two ships locked alongside and the French throwing themselves into the boarding beneath sails lit by the gun flash. Engraved by Chavane the Elder after a painting by Louis Philippe Crépin.
Original antique hand-colored engraving of the action of the Bayonnaise against the English Ambuscade on 14 December 1798, off the Île de Ré: the two ships locked alongside and the French throwing themselves into the boarding beneath sails lit by the gun flash. Engraved by Chavane the Elder after a painting by Louis Philippe Crépin.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored
Artist / after: After a painting by Crépin
Engraver / lithographer: Chavane the Elder ("Chavane aîné")
Date: 14 December 1798 (the action)
Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.2 in (28.8 x 20.8 cm)
Condition: Good. Period color bright, above all in the sea and the sky; paper with wide margins and light yellowing.
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Original antique hand-colored engraving of the action of the Bayonnaise against the English Ambuscade on 14 December 1798, off the Île de Ré: the two ships locked alongside and the French throwing themselves into the boarding beneath sails lit by the gun flash. Engraved by Chavane the Elder after a painting by Louis Philippe Crépin.