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Dominic Serres

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Reflecting his early career, many of his paintings have naval themes. Working for a publisher documenting the events in the
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launched by the Americans in 1779. In 1780, he was appointed Marine Painter to King
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in 1768, and was later briefly (from 1792 until his death) its librarian.
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An English man-o'war shortening sail entering Portsmouth harbour
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in about 1758, where it is believed he trained as a painter in
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Dominic Serres (1722–1793), portrait by Philip Jean, 1788 (
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National Portrait Gallery, London
RA
painter
English school of painting
Royal Academy
Auch
Gascony
Spain
Cuba
London
Northamptonshire
London
Charles Brooking
Seven Years' War
capture of Havana
American Revolutionary War
Penobscot Expedition
George III
Marylebone
John Thomas Serres
The Piazza at Havana, 1762
The Piazza at Havana
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, (1779)
The Battle of Quiberon Bay
Penobscot Expedition (1779)
Penobscot Expedition
Halifax, Nova Scotia c. 1762
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia c. 1762

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