Le Cte. d'Estaing laisse deux vaisseaux et trois frégates de son escadre à la poursuite de la frégate Anglaise la Mairmaide, et va mouiller avec le surplus dans la Délaware, la Mairmaide perdant tout espoir d'echap̃er se jette à la Côte ou elle s'echoüe et voit tomber tous ses Mats : le 8 Juillet 1778

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Le Cte. d'Estaing laisse deux vaisseaux et trois frégates de son escadre à la poursuite de la frégate Anglaise la Mairmaide, et va mouiller avec le surplus dans la Délaware, la Mairmaide perdant tout espoir d'echap̃er se jette à la Côte ou elle s'echoüe et voit tomber tous ses Mats
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Title:
Le Cte. d'Estaing laisse deux vaisseaux et trois frégates de son escadre à la poursuite de la frégate Anglaise la Mairmaide, et va mouiller avec le surplus dans la Délaware, la Mairmaide perdant tout espoir d'echap̃er se jette à la Côte ou elle s'echoüe et voit tomber tous ses Mats : le 8 Juillet 1778
Title (alt.):
Campagne du Vice-Admirale d'Esteing an Amerique, commandant une escadre de 12 vaisseaux et 4 frégattes, sortie de toulon le 13 Avril 1778
Description:
The original wash drawing displayed here was executed by marine painter Pierre Ozanne in 1778. This work was produced during the French naval campaign in America by Ozanne who witnessed the action at the entrance of the Delaware River on July 8, 1778. This battle is considered as the first naval event between the French and the English fleet of that campaign on the American coast.
We Are One: Following the American victory at Saratoga and George Washington’s aggressive, but ill-fated, attack at Germantown, the French government decided to aid the Americans. Some French military officers, such as the Marquis de Lafayette and Pierre L’Enfant, volunteered. The French also sent army units led by the Comte de Rochambeau and a naval fleet. French naval artist Pierre Ozanne drew this view of a French ship pursuing a British frigate at the entrance of the Delaware River in 1778. This was the first naval engagement between the French and British after France recognized the sovereignty of the United States.
Creator:
Ozanne, Pierre, 1737-1813
Date:
[1778?]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Views
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History--18th century--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Places:
Delaware River
Extent:
1 ms. view ; 24 x 40 cm, on sheet 39 x 52 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[S.l.] : [s.n.]
Scale:
Not drawn to scale
Language:
French
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Wash drawing on paper.
View of six ships in the Delaware River, five under the command of Comte d'Estaing.
Manuscript note pasted on reads "Campagne du Vice-Admirale d'Esteing an Amerique, commandant une escadre de 12 vaisseaux et 4 frégattes, sortie de toulon le 13 Avril 1778."
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2015.
Identifier:
06_01_008521