Title

The death of Captain Faulknor, 1795 (c1857). Artist: J Rogers

Caption

The death of Captain Faulknor, 1795 (c1857). Commanding HMS 'Blanche', a fifth-rate 32 gun Royal Navy frigate, Captain Robert Faulknor the Younger (1763-1795) was killed in a battle with the French frigate 'Pique' off the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. From England's Battles by Sea and Land, volume I, by Lieutenant Colonel William Freke Williams, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1857.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1857

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C57_486

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (7,8Mb) / 11,7in x 16,7in / 3497 x 5003 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea England people male man men Caribbean country French France guy ship ships British geography English fighting death war location century Britain concept battle killing Navy B&W captain sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors Guadeloupe commander naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector French Revolutionary Wars geographical feature naval battle naval officer TGN War of the First Coalition engraving Robert Williams J Rogers HMS Blanche Robert Faulknor the younger Faulknor Robert Faulknor William Freke Williams William Freke William Williams Rogers J William Freke Williams engraving