ritasv:

‘The Crest of a Wave’  ~ Montague Dawson

I know this crossed my dashboard sometime in the last week but heck if I can remember who posted it so I’m posting it again because one can never have too much pretty.

amiablydebauchedsloth:

Portrait of a Midshipman by Sir Martin Archer Shee.

amiablydebauchedsloth:

Portrait of a Midshipman by Sir Martin Archer Shee.

sevenshipsdrowned:

Captain William Hoste of HMS Amphion - one of Nelson’s proteges.

I think I just found my newest history crush. 

lissbirds:

victum-totus:

Midshipman Augustus Brine - John Singleton Copley, Painter

I can never get over the fact that midshipmen were so young.  He looks ready to take on the world.

What were you doing with your life when you were 13?

The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up (1839)
J.M.W. Turner

The 98-gun ship ‘Temeraire’ played a distinguished role in Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, after which she was known as the ‘Fighting Temeraire’. The ship remained in service until 1838 when she was decommissioned and towed from Sheerness to Rotherhithe to be broken up. (x)

revwarheart:

“57” by StudioUndertheMoon on deviantArt.

loopdeloup:

A Calm at a Mediterranean Port - The Sailing Ship (detail) by Randy Son Of Robert on Flickr.

welovepaintings:

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
Battle of Cesme at Night
Oil on canvas
1848
193 x 183 cm
Private collection

ladykentmores:

Admiral Cochrane artefacts go on display for first time

 
A portrait of Cochrane by James Ramsay is on show at the exhibition

The life of an admiral who inspired the character Jack Aubrey, portrayed in the film Master and Commander, is to form an exhibition in Edinburgh.

Novelist Patrick O’Brian partly based his 19th Century captain on the seafaring Scot, Thomas Cochrane.

The display charts Cochrane’s life, from growing up in Fife, to battling Napoleon’s Navy, from scandal and disgrace to becoming a Chilean hero.

Admiral Cochrane, the Real Master and Commander opens later.

The National Museum of Scotland exhibition includes objects that have never previously been on public display.

The artefacts include medals, trophies and personal mementos and a portrait of Cochrane by James Ramsay.

Personal objects connect the man with his remarkable story throughout the exhibition, from the pocket watch Cochrane was given by his father when he first went to sea to the Bosun’s Call silver whistle he kept as a souvenir from his naval service.

There is no man I envy so much as Lord Cochrane”

Lord Byron

Dr Stuart Allan, senior curator at National Museums Scotland, said: “Cochrane’s story is as remarkable as any of the fictional exploits which he inspired and yet he remains a figure who is not widely remembered or recognised in Scotland.

“This exhibition aims to remedy that by giving people a unique chance to see first hand artefacts, documents and portraits from Cochrane’s lifetime.”

Curators said the exhibition reveals a “fiery character with difficulty accepting authority”.

It charts his rise from his first major exploit in capturing the Spanish frigate El Gamo in 1801 to one of his most notable achievements, the attack on the French fleet in the Basque Roads in 1809.

The exhibition also includes the Star of Bath, the Knighthood awarded to Cochrane for this action as well as graphic display charting the progress of the battle.

National hero

He became an MP after this but then dramatically lost his rank, seat and peerage after being controversially found guilty of a stock exchange fraud.

After his trial, he emigrated with his family to Chile, where he took command of their navy in the war of independence with Spain.

His successes led to his becoming a national hero in Chile, where he is remembered to this day.

Among the decorations and gifts on display is a sea chest presented by the people of Chile, inscribed ‘Soy de Cochrane’ (I belong to Cochrane).

This chapter of Cochrane’s career also inspired a central character in one of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels.

He was known by name to Napoleon, praised in verse by Sir Walter Scott, and Lord Byron said in 1821 “There is no man I envy so much as Lord Cochrane.”

phassa:

Turner, Joseph Mallord William - Fisherman at Sea

This is a detail of the cover painting of “Master and Commander.”…

I imagine all paintings should look like this…