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Title: Marine Oil Painting Sea Battle Lord Howe On Deck Ship HMS Queen Charlotte

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1 Antique Romanticism Important Dramatic Marine Oil Painting Lord Howe On Deck Ship HMS Queen Charlotte Sea Battle Glorious First of June 1794 After Mather Brown.

In the style of after Mather Brown.

Unsigned British school artist.

Impress your guests or your clients with this marine naval battle engagement masterpiece for your home or office.

Oil on metal panel set in a fine decorative gilt frame.

Title “Lord Howe on the Deck of the Queen Charlotte 1 June 1794” After Mather Brown.

Circa 1850 mid 19th century Victorian era.

Set in the original decorative gilt frame which enhances this work even further.

A delightful display size with the frame being 66.5 cm wide and 56.5 cm high.

Subject seascape marine, this painting honours the known marine Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794. Lord Howe is shown second from left in the group onboard the Queen Charlotte's' quarter deck, wearing his admiral's full-dress uniform with a cocked hat. On the left flank is Captain of the Fleet, Sir Roger Curtis, who is leaning against a cannon, wearing his dress uniform of a commodore. Your focus is drawn to the group around the dying Lieutenant Neville of the Queen's Regiment. Walter Lock is the naval lieutenant shown wearing a blue jacket, he lifts Neville by the shoulders. On the left & centre of the group kneels Captain Tudor and Major Isaac of the Second Queen's Regiment and also Queen's Regiment. On the right the Queen Charlotte's flag-captain who is Sir Andrew Snape Douglas, in captain's uniform, holding a head wound. He is helped by Graham Hammond, portrayed in a midshipman's uniform. In the distance ships are firing shots at each other, also men are being blasted out of the water.

Unsigned.

In our opinion this is a marine masterpiece.

The Glorious First of June (1 June 1794), also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial) was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. The action was the culmination of a campaign that had criss-crossed the Bay of Biscay over the previous month in which both sides had captured numerous merchant ships and minor warships and had engaged in two partial, but inconclusive, fleet actions. The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howeattempted to prevent the passage of a vital French grain convoy from the United States, which was protected by the French Atlantic Fleet, commanded by Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. The two forces clashed in the Atlantic Ocean, some 400 nautical miles (700 km) west of the French island of Ushant on 1 June 1794.

During the battle, Howe defied naval convention by ordering his fleet to turn towards the French and for each of his vessels to rake and engage their immediate opponent. This unexpected order was not understood by all of his captains, and as a result, his attack was more piecemeal than he intended. Nevertheless, his ships inflicted a severe tactical defeat on the French fleet. In the aftermath of the battle both fleets were left shattered; in no condition for further combat, Howe and Villaret returned to their home ports. Despite losing seven of his ships of the line, Villaret had bought enough time for the French grain convoy to reach safety unimpeded by Howe's fleet, securing a strategic success. However, he was also forced to withdraw his battle fleet back to port, leaving the British free to conduct a campaign of blockade for the remainder of the war. In the immediate aftermath, both sides claimed victory and the outcome of the battle was seized upon by the press of both nations as a demonstration of the prowess and bravery of their respective navies.

The Glorious First of June demonstrated a number of the major problems inherent in the French and British navies at the start of the Revolutionary Wars. Both admirals were faced with disobedience from their captains, along with ill-discipline and poor training among their shorthanded crews, and they failed to control their fleets effectively during the height of the combat.

Biography of Mather Brown 1761- 1831 was born in the city of Bostin in America and worked in England. Brown was the son of Gawen and Elizabeth (Byles) Brown, and descended from the Rev. Increase Mather on his mother's side. He was taught by his aunt and around 1773 (age 12) became a pupil of Gilbert Stuart. He arrived in London in 1781 to further his training in Benjamin West's studio, entered the Royal Academy schools in 1782 with plans to be a miniature painter, and began to exhibit a year later. He showed 80 paintings in the Royal Academy. Despite phenomenal early success, he fell on hard times and was disinherited by his father. He then focused on painting large religious and historical subjects, which were unsaleable at the time. He sadly died in London in total poverty, in his room crowded with his unsold works. His works fetch up to $182,423 US dollars in auction houses.

Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, KG (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and peer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759. In North America, Howe is best known for his service during the American Revolutionary War, when he acted as a naval commander and a peace commissioner with the American rebels; he also conducted a successful relief during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the later stages of the War. Howe later commanded the victorious British fleet during the Glorious First of June in June 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Howe was born in Albemarle Street, London, the second son of Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, who died as governor of Barbados in March 1735, and of Charlotte, a daughter of Baroness von Kielmansegg, afterwards Countess of Darlington, the half-sister of King George I.

After education at Eton College, Richard Howe entered the navy in the fourth-rate HMS Pearl in July 1739. He then transferred to the fourth-rate HMS Severn. Promoted to commander on 5 November 1745, Howe was commanding officer of the sloop HMS Baltimore in the North Sea during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and was severely wounded in the head while cooperating with a frigate in an engagement with two French privateers. Promoted to post-captain on 10 April 1746, he was given command of the sixth-rate HMS Triton and took part in convoy duties off Lisbon. He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Rippon in Summer 1747 and sailed to the West Indies before becoming Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, in the third-rate HMS Cornwall in October 1748.

In January 1755, Howe was given command of the fourth-rate HMS Dunkirk and was sent to North America as part of a squadron commanded by Admiral Edward Boscawen: his capture of the French Alcide was the first shot fired in the Seven Years' War. He was elected member of parliament for Dartmouth in May 1757 and became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Magnanime in the Channel in July 1757. From then until the peace of 1763, he served in the Channel in various more or less futile expeditions against the French coast, gaining a reputation as a firm and skilful officer for his role in the series of naval descents on the French coast including the Raid on Rochefort in September 1757.

Then promoted to commodore, with his broad pennant in the third-rate HMS Essex, he took part in the Raid on St Malo in June 1758, the Battle of Saint Cast in September 1758 and the Raid on Cherbourg in August 1758. He was particularly noted for his conduct at Rochefort, where he had taken the Île-d'Aix, and was described by George Rodney as performing his duties "with such cool and steady resolution, as has most justly gained him the universal applause of army and navy".

After the death of his elder brother, killed near Ticonderoga on 6 July 1758, Howe became Viscount Howe in the Peerage of Ireland. On 20 November 1759, he led Admiral Edward Hawke's fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay where the British won a decisive victory, forestalling a planned French invasion of Britain. He became Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral the Duke of York in the third-rate HMS Princess Amelia in June 1762. Howe was appointed to the Board of Admiralty led by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich as Senior Naval Lord in April 1763. He became Treasurer of the Navy in 1765 and, having been promoted to rear admiral on 18 October 1770, went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in November 1770. Promoted to vice admiral on 5 February 1776, he became Commander-in-Chief, North American Station later that month. At the beginning of the American War of Independence, Howe was known to be sympathetic to the colonists. He had known Benjamin Franklin since late 1774 and was joined in a commission with his brother, General Sir William Howe, head of the land forces, to attempt a reconciliation.

Not until the fall of Lord North's government in March 1782 did Howe once again accept a command. Despite the suspension of hostilities in America, the war in Europe continued with the same force and the Royal Navy was severely stretched in having to deal with the French, Spanish and Dutch fleets. Howe received instructions from Augustus Keppel, the new First Lord of the Admiralty to proceed to Portsmouthand take command of the Channel Fleet which he did in April 1782. Promoted to full admiral on 8 April 1782. In September 1782, Howe carried out the relief of Gibraltar – a difficult operation, 46 French and Spanish ships-of-the-line against only 33 of his own. Howe became First Lord of the Admiralty in January 1783 during the Earl of Shelburne's ministry, resigning in April 1783 when the Duke of Portland came to power and being re-appointed in December 1783 under the Younger Pitt's first ministry.

Provenance by repute partial label verso showing His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Private Conwy collection, auction label verso & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.Condition report.

Offered in fine used condition.

Painting surface is in good overall condition, having had some restoration & been cleaned. The frame has general wear, scuffs, chips & some losses in places commensurate with usage & old age.

Hanging thread on the back ready for immediate wall display.

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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame

High (56.5 cm)
Wide (66.5 cm)
Depth (4.5 cm)

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