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NH 75837 USS HANCOCK, BOSTON and FOX vs. HMS FLORA and RAINBOW, 7 July 1777.

USS HANCOCK, BOSTON and FOX vs. HMS FLORA and RAINBOW, 7 July 1777.
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Title: USS HANCOCK, BOSTON and FOX vs. HMS FLORA and RAINBOW, 7 July 1777.
Caption: (Note: image is reversed) Painting depicts the action as it settles into its final shape, with RAINBOW chasing HANCOCK and FLORA engaging the prize (ex-British) FOX, while BOSTON escapes to the left (actually right on the painting), while firing her stern guns. HANCOCK is at the extreme right (left in the painting), FLORA is exactly in the center, and FOX is most distant. Oil painting by Francis Holman, 1779. Commissioned by Captain Brisbane, Commanding Officer of FLORA. Third of a set of four.
Description: Courtesy of Carl L. Crossman, Childs Gallery, Boston, 1971. Purchased by Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, in 1976.
Catalog #: NH 75837
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Original Creator: Painted by Francis Holman, 1779
Original Date: Mon, Jul 07, 1777
After this Year: 1770
Before this Year: 1779
Original Medium: BW Photo, Oil Painting
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