The Capture of the Foudroyant by HMS Monmouth | Francis Swaine after Richard Paton | 18th Century

Warships exchange fire across luminous green water beneath a sky filled with drifting smoke. The principal vessels are placed broadside to the viewer, making the contrast between their hulls, sails and rigging a central part of the composition. Smaller ships retreat towards the horizon and extend the action beyond the immediate encounter. Swaine’s scene, after Richard Paton, commemorates the capture of Foudroyant by Monmouth in 1758, combining the clarity of naval portraiture with the shifting atmosphere of battle.

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