Captain William Rogers Capturing Jeune Richard | Samuel Drummond | 1808

Captain William Rogers stands at the centre of a struggle on a crowded deck, his outstretched arm directing the action across a diagonal sweep of figures and weapons. Drummond uses the ship’s rigging, raised limbs and sharply contrasting light to organise the confusion of close combat. Painted in 1808, the work commemorates the capture of the French privateer Jeune Richard by the merchant packet Windsor Castle the previous year. Its emphasis on individual resolve transforms a maritime encounter into an ambitious scene of heroic history painting.

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