"H.M.S. PHOENIX, ROSE, ASIA and EXPERIMENT Being Attacked by American fire ships in the Hudson River, 16 Aug:, 1776"

oil painting

PAINTINGS - OIL
marad; paintings
Serres, Dominic
USA, Hudson River
1777
oil paint; canvas
overall: 29 1/4 x 40 in. framed

Oil painting on canvas entitled, "H.M.S. PHOENIX, ROSE, ASIA and EXPERIMENT Being Attacked by American fire ships in the Hudson River, 16 Aug:, 1776". Painted by Dominic Serres (English, 1722-1793). Accompanying label reads "This painting was based on a sketch by Sir James Wallace (1731-1803) and was aquatinted by Des Barres in 1778." Signed D. Serres, 1777. Painting corresponds with the American Revolution.

1949.804

Mystic Seaport, General Collection