17/01/2025
Excellent detail
Just completed the first epic of 2025 - The Battle of San Domingo, the Destruction of the Imperiale. 36 x 24 inches on canvas.
The painting shows the huge French 120-gun Imperiale totally destroyed by the efforts of HMS Superb, a 74-gun Third Rate, the flagship of Vice Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth. Both Imperiale and the French Diomede were eventually driven onto the rocks, where they remained until broken up. HMS Superb remained relatively unscathed. She is depicted delivering the final blows to the dismasted Imperiale while, in the background, HMS Agamemnon is engaging other French ships as she comes to the aid of Superb.