"Battle between the Héros and the Superb"
Petitpierre et Cie
ca. 1783 · Cotton · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The subject is one of the battles that took place in 1782 and 1783 in the Indian ocean between a French squadron under the bailli de Suffren in his flag-ship the Héroes and an English force under Sir Edward Hughes in the Superb, in which the French had the advantage.
- Artist
- Petitpierre et Cie
- Date
- ca. 1783
- Medium
- Cotton
- Culture
- French, Nantes
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1956
