File:French republican banner RMG D5481.tiff
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English: French republican banner French republican banner captured during the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794. It belonged to the boarding division of 'L'Amerique' 74, engaged and taken by 'Leviathan' commanded by Lord Hugh Seymour (1759-1801). The banner is made of white silk, hand-sewn with a gold fringe on three sides and embroidered with the battle cry 'MARINS LA REPUBLIQUE OU LA MORT' (Sailors, the Republic or death) in yellow. There is fainter, illegible lettering in ink underneath 'BATAILLON DE PARAI...OI COMPAGNIE'. The banner shows the attempts by the French fleet to carry out the ideas of political commissioner, Jeanbon Saint-André - 'Distaining skilful evolution ... perhaps our seamen will think it more fitting and useful to try those boarding actions in which the Frenchman was always a conqueror'. |
| Date | 1794 |
| Dimensions | Case: 863.6 x 787.4 x 152.4 mm; Flag: 686 x 660 mm |
| Notes | Case only numbered and marked. The flag is single sided and made of a thin, pale coffee silk. The central panel with the lettering has been enlarged with a border. Little sign of fading on reverse. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/564 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | CCNO: 356 WAFN: F4 dossier number: item-foreign flags id number: AAA0564 |
| Collection | Flags |
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