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English: Attack on convoy of eighteen French merchant ships at Laigrelia
The Leviathan, Imperieuse, Curacoa, and Eclair attacking two towns on the coast of Genoa, June 27th. 1812. From a Drawing by Mr. Hood. Painted by T. Whitcombe. Engraved by T. Sutherland. [n.d. c.1812.]
Aquatint. 159 x 241mm. 6¼ x 9½".
HMS Leviathan (1790), HMS Imperieuse (1793), HMS Curacoa (1809) and HMS Eclair (1807); on June 27th, 1812, the four British ships attacked an 18-strong French convoy at Laigueglia and Alassio in Liguria, northern Italy.
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Thomas Sutherland  (1785–1838)  wikidata:Q18508689
 
Description English printmaker and engraver
Date of birth/death 1785 Edit this at Wikidata 1838 Edit this at Wikidata
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Thomas Whitcombe  (1763–1824)  wikidata:Q2676635
 
Description British painter
Date of birth/death circa 19 May 1763
date QS:P,+1763-05-19T00:00:00Z/11,P1480,Q5727902
 circa 1824
date QS:P,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death London unknown
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Bristol, Wales, Devon, Plymouth, etc.
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