Nautical
Beeger, Max
Printmaker
L'Affaire d'Orient, 1854. La Corvette Fury, (Capitaine Tatham)
Description
Plate 5 from a set of lithographs on the Baltic and Crimean wars, l'affaire d'orient, in 1854. Under the command of Captain Tatham, the 'Fury' successfully boarded a Russian merchant vessel and took her crew as prisoners. Two brigs-of-war, two frigates, a steam frigate immediately started to chase her. The print depicts the HMS sloop 'Fury' of 6 guns (left) towing her Russian prize (right) while being engaged in combat with the five pursuing Russian vessels. In an attempt to escape unharmed, the British sloop open-fired and eventually dropped her prize. However, she escaped with her prisoners. The title of the series is at the top in French. The title of the print is in English and French below the image
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