Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 322

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(NAPOLEONIC WARS--ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR.) Desertion de Cinq Prisonniers de Guerre Français du Ponton le Canada Qui Enleverent le 8 fevrier 1813 à 10. hr. du Matin un Bateau Servant a L'approvisionnement du Depôt de Chatam dans la Riviere Medway. Fascinating jailbreak scene in ink and watercolor, depicting five French prisoners of war comandeering a supply vessel from among the British prison hulks at Chatham, Kent. Image numbered with a descriptive key below. 361x655 mm; laid on board, few surface scratches. [France?, circa 1813]
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A very intriguing panorama depicting the large group of prison ships that were moored in the Medway River and used to house French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars. Marines are shown firing on the escapees from the stern of HMS Canada. The escapees themselves are closer to the foreground and appear to be getting away.