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Dominic Serres: The Capture of Havana, 1762: The Morro Castle and the Boom Defence Before the Attack   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Dominic Serres  (1722–1793)  wikidata:Q3035468
 
Dominic Serres
Alternative names
Dominic Serres the Elder
Description British-French painter and artist
Date of birth/death 1722 Edit this at Wikidata 1793 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Auch Edit this at Wikidata Marylebone (London)
Work location
Spain; Hamburg; London (1758–1793) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3035468
Title
The Capture of Havana, 1762: The Morro Castle and the Boom Defence Before the Attack
label QS:Len,"The Capture of Havana, 1762: The Morro Castle and the Boom Defence Before the Attack"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 83.8 cm (32.9 in); width: 175.3 cm (69 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,83.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,175.3U174728
Object history Painted for General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724–1772) or his brother, Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725–1786), and thence by inheritance to the last owners.
sold at Sotheby's, London, 06 July 2016, lot 43
Exhibition history On long term loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1948 to 2015, accession number BHC0408
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom right:

D. Serres . 1770 .
Source/Photographer 1. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
2. Sotheby's, London, 06 July 2016, lot 43

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