MPA Thomas Whitcomb Departure of the whaler, Britainnia from Sidney Cove, 1798 sqs

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Thomas Whitcombe (possibly 19 May 1763 – circa 1824) was a prominent British maritime painter of the Napoleonic Wars. Among his work are over 150 actions of the Royal Navy, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Royal Society of British Artists. His pictures are highly sought after today.

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