Naval Artists of the 18th Century – Part 3 Thomas Luny (1759–1837) In this article I want to tell of a hero,  Thomas Luny, who is known as a great naval painter - but other details of whose life are less familiar. Two sorts of courage move me. The first is the sort of [...]

Caulk’s Field: the Death of Captain Sir Peter Parker, 1814 The British attack on Baltimore in mid-September 1814, and the heroic defence of Fort McHenry, is one of the most widely remembered incidents of the War of 1812, since it was to inspire the writing of the American national anthem. It was however preceded [...]