Title

'Before the 'Glorious First of June'', c1795. Artist: Robert Dodd.

Caption

'Before the 'Glorious First of June'', c1795. The British fleet on the evening of 29 May 1794, the night before the battle known as The Glorious First of June. The battle was the first and largest major naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. The British fleet, commanded by Admiral Lord Howe, defeated the French under Louis-Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, 400 nautical miles west of Ushant, Brittany. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1795

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C78_206

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

157,0Mb (11,4Mb) / 31,7in x 19,2in / 9510 x 5769 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation ocean sea ship ships British geography fighting Atlantic Ocean war century Britain concept battle georgian Navy B&W MONOCHROME warfare fleet sailing ship naval warfare water transport warship black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Royal Navy The Print Collector French Revolutionary Wars geographical feature naval battle sea battle aquatint Richard Admiral Earl 1st Earl Howe Robert Dodd Admiral Earl Howe Howe Richard Howe Earl Howe Admiral Howe Dodd Robert Glorious First of June Admiral Earl Howe aquatint