AFTER LEMUEL FRANCIS ABBOTT (BRITISH, 1760-1803)

AFTER LEMUEL FRANCIS ABBOTT (BRITISH, 1760-1803) Captain John Cooke of the 'Bellerophon', 1762-1805 Oil on canvas 29¾ x 24¾in. (76 x 63cm.) Captain John Cooke (1762-1805) commanded the Bellerophon at Trafalgar, being the fifth ship in Admiral Collingwood’s Lee Column. By the time she broke through the enemy line, the Spanish Monarca had already struck her colours and was awaiting her captors. In the absence of any boarding party to take possession of her however, she promptly re-hoist

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H 76 × B 63 cm