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File:Nicholas Cammillieri - Combat du Corsaire 'La Mouche'.jpg

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English: Loose translation of inscription: 'On the 14 Germinal year 7 of the French Republic, in the Bay of Colonia on the coast of Spain, 4-hour long fight of the privateer Mouche, armed with an 8-pounder swivel gun, under Captain Jean Adrian, against a 16-nine-pounder gun cutter, to recapture the prize called Lavantoroso (?) which said privateer had captured the previous night while [the cutter] was escorting [the contested prize]'.

Signed and dated 'Nicolas Cammillieri pinxit 1811' bottom right.
watercolour on paper with ink-drawn borders.
Sheet size: 18 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. (46.4 x 61.3cm)
Provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Auction: Freeman's July 14, 2021 Philadelphia, PA, H0062-L258652753
Français : 'Le 14. Germinal an 7 de la République Fse dans lance de Colognia (cotte d'Espagne) Combat du Corsaire la Mouche armé d'un canon de 8. a pivot Cap Jh Adrian Contre Un Cutter de 16. pieces de canons de Neuf pendant 4. heures, pour reprendre sa prise appellée Lavantoroso que le dit Corsaire lui à Enlevé la nuit précédente sous son Escorte'
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Nicolas Cammillieri  (1773–1860)  wikidata:Q52149390
 
Alternative names
Nicholas Cammillieri; Nicholas S. Cammillieri; N. S. Cammillieri; Nicolas S. Cammillieri; Nicolay Cammillieri
Description Maltese painter
Date of birth/death 1773 Edit this at Wikidata 1860 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q52149390
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