H.M.S. Spartan engaging a French squadron in the Bay of Naples and capturing the brig Sparvière, 3rd May 1810 CSK 2012

HMS Spartan engaging a French squadron in the Bay of Naples and capturing the brig Sparvière, 3rd May 1810
signed and dated 'Tho.s Whitcombe 1811' (lower left) and further signed and indistinctly inscribed 'Painting of the *** *** *** 12 4/Fame, Corvetta 28 Guns and Sparviere -/Brig of 8 Guns Achilles Cutter of 10 Guns and/8 Gunboats 1 Twenty four Pounder ***/in the Bay of Naples - May 3. 1810/No 47 ***** Thos Whitcombe' (on a fragment attached to the stretcher)

Lot number: Live Auction 7856 lot 32 Sale 21 Nov 2012