Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 7

Thomas Whitcombe ‘Flora’

About the Item

Thomas Whitcombe: ‘Flora’, this oil on canvas shows the action, within a gilt frame with a panel reading ‘British Frigate “Flora”, 36 guns commanded by Captain W. P. Williams, captured the “Nymphe”, 10 Augt 1780. Captured the Castor, 30 May 1781. Lost the Castor but escaped 19th June 1781. Thos Whitcombe, 1787’. Signed and dated. English, 1787. Footnote: HMS Flora’s most famous victory was over the French frigate ‘Nymphe’. She was one of the first eighteen-pounder frigates in the British Navy, with 26 newly installed 18-pounder cannon, in addition to the 8 carronades on her poop deck. On the 10th she came upon the French ship ‘La Nymphe’’ and battle commenced. After an hour Flora had the upper hand, when the French captain was injured, but then Nymphe’s fortunes changed by disabling her adversary’s wheel and tiller rope. Seeing their advantage, the French attempted to board Flora, but were rebuffed by fierce resistance in which the second in command was killed, the third was lost between the hulls and most of the remaining officers were injured. When a box of cartridges exploded aboard the Frenchman, causing further chaos, Captain Williams seized his chance to turn the tables and sent his own boarders across to the Nymphe. In no time the enemy colours came down as the ship surrendered.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Width: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1780-1789
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1787
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Lymington, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU973025596302
More From This SellerView All
  • Pair of Watercolours by 'Albert' Gordon Thomas R.S.W
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    A pair of watercolours by (Albert) Gordon Thomas R.S.W ( 1893-1970), one titled ‘Summer Afternoon Weymouth’showing a gentleman’s motor yacht in the foreground and the other ‘Yachts a...
    Category

    Vintage 1960s English Paintings

    Materials

    Paint, Paper

  • A pair of sand pictures by Benjamin Zobel after paintings by de Loutherbourg
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    These extraordinary ‘paintings’ were created using coloured grains of sand rather than paints. Each is after an original painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg. The first scene shows the Battle of Hastings with a central mounted figure, presumably William the Conqueror, with a red plume in his helmet, raising his sword against a fighter on foot. A printed version of this image, shown above, was made by William Bromley. (See the British Museum registration number 1858,1009.115 for a fine impression.) The second scene, composed with a similar central mounted knight with a raised axe (sword in the original) represents Richard the Lionheart in combat against Saladin at the Battle of Acre. In this case the print was made by Anker Smith...
    Category

    Antique Early 19th Century English Decorative Art

    Materials

    Paper

  • Oil on Canvas by R G Thurgood HM Cruiser 'Vindictive'
    By Thomas George Thurgood
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    An oil on canvas by R G Thurgood of HM Cruiser 'Vindictive', Assaulted the 'Mole' at Zeebrugge against the Germans, April 1918. Thomas George Thurgood (1876–1953) A very simi...
    Category

    Vintage 1910s English Decorative Art

    Materials

    Paint

  • Royal Naval Surgeon Robert Prideaux and His Wife Mary Ann
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    These charming English School portraits show the subjects half-length by a desk, the surgeon with a skull at his elbow and his wife with an open writing box. Oil on canvas within a gilded frame and accompanied by five related letters. English, circa 1810. Footnote: Robert Prideaux died aged 36 in 1818 but in his short life he managed to rise rapidly through the ranks as a naval surgeon. The Naval Chronicle Vol. 19 (1808) records his appointment as a surgeon, aged only 26, on the cutter Sprightly and that he moved to the Lily by the end of the same year. In 1809, a member of the crew of the vessel Polyphemus was involved in a drunken incident that culminated in him being sick on the quarter-deck of the Lily whilst both vessels were docked at Port Royal in Jamaica. This led to a Court Martial appearance for one Joseph Fountain, the Master at Arms...
    Category

    Antique 1810s English Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Paint

  • Pair of French Reverse Glass Paintings or Cartoons
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    A pair of French reverse glass paintings or cartoons, each of oval form, one depicting a man with a mass of hair or full wig using a brush to fence with a woman wielding a broom, the...
    Category

    Antique 1830s French Sporting Art Paintings

    Materials

    Glass, Giltwood, Paint

  • Montague Dawson Racing Six-Metre Yachts
    By Montague Dawson
    Located in Lymington, Hampshire
    Montague Dawson: Racing Six-Metre yachts, goache on paper showing a yacht number 6/18, running before the wind with ‘goosewinged’ sails as she leads three other six-meter yachts. Sig...
    Category

    Vintage 1920s English Paintings

    Materials

    Paint

You May Also Like
  • Original Painting "Spring" by Thomas deDecker
    By Thomas DeDecker
    Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
    (1951-). Oil on canvas; 20" x 16". Thomas deDecker was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His paintings of western landscapes and of...
    Category

    Early 2000s American Paintings

    Materials

    Other

  • Original Painting "Sunrise" by Thomas deDecker
    By Thomas DeDecker
    Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
    (1951-). Oil on board; 7" x 5", well framed. Thomas deDecker was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His paintings of western landsca...
    Category

    Early 2000s American Paintings

    Materials

    Other

  • Original Painting "Spring" by Thomas deDecker
    By Thomas DeDecker
    Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
    (1951 - ). Oil on canvas; 11" x 14". Thomas deDecker was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His paintings of western landscapes and ...
    Category

    Early 2000s American Paintings

    Materials

    Other

  • J. Thomas Soltesz "The Couriers" Original Watercolor
    Located in San Francisco, CA
    J. Thomas Soltesz (American, b.1955) "The Couriers" original watercolor Original watercolor of Civil War era "couriers" in an American West landscape...
    Category

    Late 20th Century American Paintings

    Materials

    Paper

  • Original Painting "Western Sunset" by Thomas DeDecker
    By Thomas DeDecker
    Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
    Western sunset by Thomas DeDecker Item Number: AG1733 (1951-). 30" x 40". Oil on panel. Well framed. Thomas DeDecker was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His paintings of western landscapes and of the American Indian lifestyle are reminiscent of works by the masters of the Hudson River School. Thomas deDecker has won numerous state and national awards, including Artist of the Year 1986, and Outstanding Artist given by the CM Russell...
    Category

    Early 2000s American Paintings

    Materials

    Other

  • Original Painting "Tranquil Setting" by Thomas DeDecker
    By Thomas DeDecker
    Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
    Tranquil Setting by Thomas DeDecker Item Number: AG0736 1951-). Oil on board; 36" x 36". Thomas deDecker was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His paintings of western landscapes and of the American Indian lifestyle are reminiscent of works by the masters of the Hudson River School. Thomas deDecker has won numerous state and national awards, including Artist of the Year 1986, and Outstanding Artist given by the CM Russell...
    Category

    Early 2000s American Paintings

    Materials

    Other

Recently Viewed

View All