Council of War on board the 'Queen Charlotte', commanded by Lord Exmouth, prior to the Bombardment of Algiers, 26 August 1816, Nicolaas Baur, 1818

Title(s)

Council of War on board the 'Queen Charlotte', commanded by Lord Exmouth, prior to the Bombardment of Algiers, 26 August 1816
Four Episodes during the Presence of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet in the Bay of Algiers, 26 to 27 August 1816 (series title)

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-1379

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘N. Baur 1818’

Description

Krijgsraad aan boord van de 'Queen Charlotte', het schip van admiraal Lord Exmouth voor het bombardement op Algiers, 26 augustus 1816. Sloepen op de voorgrond, daarachter de oorlogsschepen.

Artist

• painter: Nicolaas Baur

Dating

1818

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 55 cm × width 76 cm
depth 7 cm

What

• assembling of military forces; mobilization, troop concentration, etc. (+ sailing ships)
• sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• navy

When

• 1816-08-26 - 1816-08-26

Where

• Algiers

Who

• Edward Pellew (burggraaf van Exmouth)

Acquisition

transferred 1848

Copyright

Public domain

• Woelend water, leven en werk van de zeeschilder Nicolaas Baur (1767-1820), A. van den Berge-Dijkstra, Hugo P. ter Avest, p. 12-13, cat.nr. 15
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 41
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 104
• Geschiedenis van Nederland ter zee, dl. 4.
• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1887), p. 11.
• E. Bergvelt, Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 35 (1984), p. 93, 126.