Episodes Maritimes. Combat du 13 Prairial

Object summary

Title: Episodes Maritimes. Combat du 13 Prairial
Object ID: CC-R-0069
Date made: 1794
Place made: France, Paris, Ile-de-France
Lithographer: A. Mayer & Sabatier
Draftsman on stone: Bayot
Publisher: Bulla & Jouy; E. Gambart, Junin & Co.
Printer: Lemercier
Draftsman: Mayer, Auguste Etienne François
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Plate 13 of the print series 'Episodes Maritimes.' The scene of the aftermath of the battle of the Glorious First of June (French: Combat du Prairial) in 1794. A dismasted and badly damaged French ship, the 'Vengeur du Peuple,' drifts in the foreground flying a tattered French ensign. Soldiers cling to the wreckage in the foreground. The British ships behind the 'Vengeur' are also battered, but relatively intact. The conflict was the first and largest fleet action between the English and the French during the French Revolutionary Wars.