H.M.S. Spartan engaging a French squadron in the Bay of Naples and capturing the brig Sparvière, 3rd May 1810, Thomas Whitcombe, 1811

Hms spartan engaging a french squadron in the bay of naples and capturing the brig sparvière, 3rd may 1810 signed and dated 'tho. S whitcombe 1811' (lower left) and further signed and indistinctly inscribed 'painting of the *** *** *** 12 4/fame, corvetta 28 guns and sparviere -/brig of 8 guns achilles cutter of 10 guns and/8 gunboats 1 twenty four pounder ***/in the bay of naples - may 3. 1810/no 47 ***** thos whitcombe' (on a fragment attached to the stretcher) lot number: live auction 7856 lot 32 sale 21 nov 2012 reference. Object Type: painting. Date: 1811. Dimensions: 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm.). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted Place: Bay of Naples. H.M.S. Spartan engaging a French squadron in the Bay of Naples and capturing the brig Sparvière, 3rd May 1810 CSK 2012