• GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. — Commodore Nelson's Squadron: Gulf of Genoa; 11th August 1796
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GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)

"Commodore Nelson's Squadron: Gulf of Genoa, 11th August 1796 "

"Commodore Nelson's Squadron: Gulf of Genoa, 11th August 1796 "

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Oil on Board

12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.5 cm)

Signed, lower right

Framed

(the original oil study for the larger painting)

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This wonderful small painting is the original study made by Geoff Hunt for his larger painting of the same subject,

By 1796 Nelson had been in command of his favourite ship, the 64-gun HMS Agamemnon, for three years, steadily gaining in experience and seniority. While serving under Admirals Hood, Hotham and Jervis in the Mediterranean he had often been given overall command of a squadron of ships where, as senior captain, he was referred to by the courtesy title of commodore (not at this time a substantive rank), but he did not hoist his broad pendant as a first-class Commodore until 8th April 1796. Three days after this proud moment he led a squadron westward from Genoa along the Ligurian coast in support of the Austrian army, then pursuing a French army towards Savona. The ships were 'sailing along shore', an exceptionally unusual phrase to see in a logbook; they were in fact so close in to the steep-to coast that they could actually see the armies and see and hear the firing. From left to right: Agamemnon, Diadem (64), Meleager (32); the squadron also included Blanche (32), which appears to have been out ahead.

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