File:Bombardement de Bastia en 1745.jpg

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Summary

Samuel Scott: Bombarding of Bastia in 1745

Artist



Description	British painter, watercolorist and artist
Date of birth/death	1702 / circa 1702 / 1703 / between 1701 and 1702 date QS:P,+1701-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1701-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1702-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	12 October 1772
Location of birth/death	London	Bath
Work location	London, Twickenham, Ludlow
Authority file	: Q2542057 VIAF: 62648231 ISNI: 0000000054720530 ULAN: 500026724 LCCN: nr92043230 MusicBrainz: 903fe1e1-0c92-461c-98b9-3547afe12f62 WorldCat

Title

Bombarding of Bastia in 1745

Object type

painting

Genre

marine art

Description

The English painter Samuel Scott (1702–1772) specialized in marine painting and views of London. This oil painting relates to events of the Austrian War of Succession, 1740–48, during which the British fleet occupied the Corsican port of Bastia in 1745. In the foreground the English fleet has closed in on the harbour, bombarding the town, which has already caught fire.

Date

18^th century

Source/Photographer

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11859.html

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Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:18, 9 February 2021	1,276 × 861 (418 KB)	Ain92	Reverted to version as of 12:28, 8 February 2021 (UTC) no, colors are different depending on lighting and tons of paintings has their colors slightly corrected on Commons
	13:39, 8 February 2021	1,276 × 861 (888 KB)	Tm	Should the museum version be the more correct version to the actual state of this painting?
	12:28, 8 February 2021	1,276 × 861 (418 KB)	Ain92	minor color correction
	14:26, 20 October 2013	1,276 × 861 (888 KB)	Tm	Reverted to version as of 21:33, 16 December 2011 Should the museum version be the more correct version to the actual state of this painting?
	10:50, 20 October 2013	1,276 × 861 (1.17 MB)	Soerfm	Levels
	21:33, 16 December 2011	1,276 × 861 (888 KB)	AYE R