There are many question marks in the life of the famous marine painter Thomas Whitcombe. For example, neither the exact date of birth nor the exact date of death are known. Also about the place of birth and death one knows nothing, his origin is also completely in the dark, just as and where he received his education. He probably was born between 1752 and 1763 and died between 1824 and 1834. It is certain that in the 1780s he lived in or near the cities of Bristol, Cardiff or Swansea. This is concluded from the fact that he painted a great many pictures during this period which are connected with the ports there. Sometime between 1783 and 1824, Thomas Whitcombe also lived in London in the Covent Garden district for a long time. He exhibited his paintings several times both in the Royal Academy London and in the Royal Society of British Artists in London and must have also made many journeys. This is recognizable by his pictures and the places that are illustrated in them. In the year 1798, he was verifiably in Wales and in the year 1813 in Devon. Thus, there are several very famous paintings of the artist with scenes from the harbour city Plymouth. But he also painted in far away exotic places as the Cape Horn, the Cape of Good Hope, Madeira and Cuba.
Even if one does not have many facts about Thomas Whitcombe, it is clear that he was a very talented English painter. He specialized in seascapes, in paintings showing coastal landscapes and especially war and naval ships and the various battles of the Napoleonic Wars. More than 150 pictures of his hand alone show scenes from battles of the English Royal Navy and 50 of them have been included in the encyclopaedia "The Naval Achivements of Great Britain". Thomas Whitcombe's name is mentioned in the same breath as great naval painters such as Robert Dott, Nicholas Pocock and Thomas Luny. His paintings are characterized among other things by the great attention to detail of the ships depicted, which suggests that he may have been at various shipyards for study purposes. However, they are also very well composed and their effect is dramatic and technically very perfectly executed.
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.jpg "H.M. Frigate Galatea, 38 Guns off the Needles, Isle Of Wight by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "After the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21st, 1805, engraved by F.C. Lewis for")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-158715).jpg "The Capture of La Clorinde, February 26th 1814, Engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "The Capture of La Prévoyante and La Raison, May 17th 1795, from")
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.jpg "Lord Howe in the Queen Charlotte, Breaking the Enemy Line, May 29th 1794, Engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "View of Gibraltar, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "The Prometheus and the Melpomene in the Gulf of Riga to meet the British Squadron, August, 1809, engraved by D. Havell for")
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.jpg "The Capture of L")
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.jpg "The Squadron under command of Sir F.T Duckworth forcing the narrow channel of Dardanelles, February 19th, 1807, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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 published 18 - (MeisterDrucke-173841).jpg "Cutting out of the Hermione from the Harbour of Porto Cavallo, October 25th 1799, from")
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.jpg "The Destruction of the Danish Fleet before Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801, engraved by Bailey for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "The Capture of the Island of Banda, August 9th 1810, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Destruction of the Turkish Fleet, 19th February, 1807, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "The Capture of La Confiante, May 31st 1798, from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Cabareta Point, July 12th 1801, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "HMS Sirius, Captain Rowse engaging a French Squadron off the mouth of the Tiber, 17th April, 1806, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "Capture of the Port of Curacoa, Dutch East Indies, Engraved by J. Bailey for")
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.jpg "Lord Hotham")
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.jpg "Capture of the Pomone by HMS Arethusa off Cuba in 1806, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "Situation of the HMS Bellerophon After the Death of Her Commander Captain Cooke at the Battle of Trafalgar, Engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "Capture of the Furie and Waakzaamheid, October 23rd 1796, from")
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.jpg "Capture and Destruction of Four Spanish Frigates, October 5th 1804 (engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "A British Frigate with a Longboat off the Headland of Gallows Hill, Broad Bay, Isle of Lewis, Hebrides by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Battle of the Nile, August 1st 1798, Engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Destruction of the French Frigates L")
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.jpg "The Capture of La Vestale, August 20th 1799 (from")
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.jpg "Situation of HMS Temeraire at The Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October, 1805, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "Lord Howe")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798, Engraved by Bailey for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Stormy Weather by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Battle of Trafalgar, October 21st 1805, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-204263).jpg "The Capture of La Nereide, December 21st 1797, Engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Capture of La Fique, January 5th 1795, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-207317).jpg "Lord Bridport")
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.jpg "Capture of the Thetis by HMS Amethyst, 10th November, 1808, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "The Action Renewed by Night, off Madagascar, 20th May, 1811, engraved by J. Bailey for")
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.jpg "Shipping Scene by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Capture of the Mahonesa, October 13th 1796, Engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-180749).jpg "Capture of La Loire, October 18th 1798, from")
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.jpg "Sir J. T. Duckworth")
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.jpg "Capture of Le Desius, print made by Thomas Sutherland, from")
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 published 1816 (hand-coloured aquatint) - (MeisterDrucke-184063).jpg "Capture of the Badere Zaffer, July 6th 1808, from")
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.jpg "The Capture of Le Sparviere on 3rd May, 1810, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782. HMS Barfleur attacking the French flagship Ville de Paris by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "HMS Victory Sailing for the French Line Flanked by the Euryalus and HMS Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21st, 1805, engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "Destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon, 18th December 1793, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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 published 1817 (hand-coloure - (MeisterDrucke-187918).jpg "Destruction of the French Fleet in Basque Roads, April 12th 1809, from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Cape St. Vincent, February 14th 1797, engraved by J. Baily for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Loss of the Blanche, off Abrevack, 4th March, 1807 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Sir Richard Strachan")
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.jpg "Capture of the Argus, August 14th 1813, from")
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.jpg "The Squadron under the Command of Sir J. Brisbane attacking Fort Maurigio, on 12th April, 1814 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Men-O")
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.jpg "Capture of La Reunion, October 21st 1793 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Capture of La Minerve, print made by Thomas Sutherland, from")
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.jpg "Capture of La Tribune, June 8th 1796, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "The East India Company trading vessels")
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 published 1816 (hand-coloured aquatint) - (MeisterDrucke-153508).jpg "Capture of La Desiree, July 7th 1800, from")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Destruction of the Danish Fleet before Copenhagen, 2nd April 1801, Engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Capture of Castor, from")
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.jpg "Two East Indiamen off a Coast by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "H.M.S. Ethalion in Action with the Spanish Frigate Thetis off Cape Finisterre, 16th October 1799 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503105).jpg "The Ship Phoenix, Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "The Capture of the Santa Brigida, 1799 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Surrender of the Fort of Tamatave, Engraved by T. Sutherland for")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Saintes, 9-12 April 1782 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Capture of the Maria Riggersbergen on October 18th, 1806, Engraved by J. Bailey for")
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.jpg "The Battle of the Glorious First of June by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "The Bombardment of Algiers, 27th August 1816, from")
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.jpg "Dover Cliffs by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Capture of the Liguria, August 7th 1798, Engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "Surrender of the")
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.jpg "Capture of La Forte, February 28th 1799, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "The Honourable East India Company")
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.jpg "The Santa Brigida Engaged by the Naiad, Alcamene and Triton by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Shipping off Dover by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "The Thames at Chelsea by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "A Merchantman in Two Positions off the South Coast by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Capture of the Dorothea, July 15th 1798, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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.jpg "The Thames at Chelsea, 1784 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Victory of Admiral Duncan by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "A yacht from the British Lighthouse Service and a Revenue Cutter (sailboat armed for the fight against smuggling), off Ramsgate (England) by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Cutting Out the Hermione from the Harbour of Porto Cavallo, October 25th 1799, c.1812-1816 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "The Battle of Trafalgar, October 21st 1805, engraved by Thomas Sutherland for J. Jenkins")
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_commander_of_the_squadron_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-1511063).jpg "The naval manoeuvre of Sir Graham Moore, commander of the squadron of four frigates in the British Royal Navy, which captured a Spanish treasure fleet, off Cadiz, Spain, on October 5 by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "British Frigates off Dover by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "The Capture of the French Frigate Le Serene by the English Frigate Boreas by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "A Country Ship on the Hoogly near Calcutta by Thomas Whitcombe")
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.jpg "Sir Robert Calder")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Thomas Whitcombe")
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_against_the_Spani_-_(MeisterDrucke-1498937).jpg "The combat maneuvers of the British ship")
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