Year: 19th Century
Size: 58" x 46"
Medium: Oil
Description: Huge Early 19th Century British maritime scene of the shipwreck of the HMS Minotaur after striking the Haak Bank on the Texel off the Netherlands, oil on canvas. Superb large scale depiction that dates back to a similar version by Turner. It requires research to see if it is more closely affiliated to Turner but more likely a work by a member of his circle. Presented in a good antique gilt frame. Label verso. HMS Minotaur was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 November 1793 at Woolwich. She was named after the mythological bull-headed monster of Crete. She fought in three major battles – Nile, Trafalgar, and Copenhagen (1807) – before she was wrecked, with heavy loss of life, in December 1810. Measurements: 58" x 46" framed approx
Provenance: removed from the storage of a private estate, Devon, UK
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