Ozanne, Pierre, 1737-1813
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1737 - 1813
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Le Cte. d'Estaing laisse deux vaisseaux et trois frégates de son escadre à la poursuite de la frégate Anglaise la Mairmaide, et va mouiller avec le surplus dans la Delaware, la Mairmaide perdant tout espoir d'echaper se jette à la Côte ou elle s'echoue et voit tomber tous ses Mats. le 8 Juillet 1778, approximately 1778
Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 33
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-058
Description
The original wash drawing displayed here was executed by marine painter Pierre Ozanne in 1778. This work was produced during the French naval campaign in America by Ozanne who witnessed the action at the entrance of the Delaware River on July 8, 1778. This battle is considered as the first naval event between the French and the English fleet of that campaign on the American coast.
Dates:
approximately 1778
