RICHARD BARNETT SPENCER (BRITISH, 1840-1874)
Admiral Duncan's victory over the Dutch at Camperdown, 1797
oil on canvas
47 x 71.5 cm. (18 1/2 x 28 1/8 in.)

Provenance
Private Collection, London

The Battle of Camperdown was fought on the 11th of October 1797. The battle took place between the British Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet (led by Admiral Adam Duncan), and a Batavian Navy fleet (led by Vice Admiral Jan Willem de Winter). Duncan's fleet achieved a decisive victory over de Winter's in the most significant conflict between British and Batavian forces during the French Revolutionary Wars, seizing eleven ships while suffering no losses themselves.

References
Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828, et al. Encyclopaedia Britannica, A. & C. Black.