John Bentham Dinsdale (British, 1927-2008)'The Chase of the Brilliant, July 1798'
signed 'John Bentham.Dinsdale' (lower left), signed, titled and extensively inscribed (on canvas verso)
oil on canvas
75.9 x 102.2cm (29 7/8 x 40 1/4in).注脚Inscribed verso as follows:
'July 1798
The Chase of the Brilliant
On 26 July 1798 the small frigate Brilliant fell in with two large and well armed French frigates (the Vertu 40 and the Régénérée) (Brilliant had only 26 guns). Both gave chase and Brilliant made all speed to be away. After a long and close chase in which Brilliant jettisoned anchors and all available, however it became obvious to her commander Capt Henry Blackwood she would be overtaken so he hauled his ship across the bows of the Régénérée and fired a broadside with so much unexpected damage that during the night Brilliant got away.'