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Thomas Luny (1759 – 30 September 1837) was an English artist who primarily painted seascapes and other types of marine art. Biography Luny ...
Thomas Luny, A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland (1780). Marine art was especially popular in Britain during the Romantic Era, and taken up readily by British artists in part because of Great Britain's geographical form (an island). [1]
Bombardment of Algiers is one of a number of oil-on-canvas paintings by British artist Thomas Luny depicting the heavy bombardment of the harbour of Algiers by a fleet of Anglo-Dutch ships under the command of Admiral Lord Exmouth, and the ensuing destruction. The exact date of the paintings creation is not known, but it is signed and dated to ...
Bombardment of Algiers, a painting of the action by Thomas Luny The general engagement, viewed from an eminence, south of the city, painted by William Innes Pocock R.N. Despite this, the Algerian batteries could not maintain fire and, by 22:15, Exmouth gave the order for the fleet to weigh anchor and sail out of range, leaving HMS Minden to ...
Orient was a powerful Océan-class 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, famous for her role as flagship of the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798, and for her spectacular destruction that day when her magazine exploded.
By 1773 Holman had taken on Thomas Luny as an apprentice; [1] Luny later became a major maritime painter in his own right. With the American War of Independence and the strong contemporary public interest in the Royal Navy , it was natural that Holman should turn his talents towards more patriotic themes.
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