Thomas Luny
A British frigate backing her sails as she heaves to approaching Torbay with other ships of the flee
A merchant ship signaling for a pilot off the cliffs of Dover
The Destruction of the Santo Domingo. The Battle of Cape St Vincent 16th January 1780
The Bombardment of Algiers 27th August 1816
Naval Battle of Dogger Bank, August 5, 1781
Central view of the battle of Martinique, April 17, 1780
Blockade of Toulon, 1810-1814: Pellew's action, 5 November 1813
Cornwallis's Retreat, June 17, 1795
Earl of Pembroke, later HMS Endeavour, leaving Whitby Harbour in 1768
HMS Maria Anna, Earl of Chatham and Achilles off a coastal town
Battle of the Nile, August 1st 1798 at 10 pm
The East Indiaman 'Ceres' off the Spithead Depicted in Four Different Views
A 32-Gun Frigate taking in sail and other shipping off the coast
A British Men-of-War surrounded by coastal craft
Men-of-War HMS Maria Anna, Earl of Chatham and Achilles off a coastal town
Shortening sail off South Foreland
The Battle of The Saints, 12 April 1782
The Battle of the Nile, August 1st 1798
HMS 'Victorious' Taking the 'Rivoli', 22 February 1812
A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland
The Lord North, Seen from Three Positions
Engagement between Sir George Brydges Rodney and the Spanish Squadron
Thomas Luny (1759–1837), born in Cornwall, probably at St Ewe, was an English artist and painter, mostly of seascapes and other marine-based works. At the age of eleven, Luny left Cornwall to live in London. There he became the apprentice of Francis Holman, a marine painter who would have a great and long lasting artistic influence on Luny: Luny remained until 1780 in Holman's London studio, which, was first situated in Broad Street, St. George’s, and later relocated to Old Gravel Lane.
In
September 1777, Luny left Holman's studio for a while, to journey to
France. During this particular expedition, Luny almost certainly
strayed from France itself; his first exhibited picture in London, seen
at the Society of Artists that same year, was given the title A distant
view of the island of Madeira and Porto Santo, suggesting that an
engraving had inspired his choice of subject. Similarly, it is unlikely
that Luny was on hand for the Battle of the Nile, 1798, and the
bombardment of Algiers, 1816, both of which he illustrated with
dramatic atmosphere and credible realism.
Bombardment of Algiers by Luny.
After leaving Holman's studio in 1780, Luny moved to Leadenhall Street during 1783. It was around this time that Luny was frequently exhibiting at the Royal Academy, in a total of twenty-nine exhibitions between 1780 and 1802. In Leadenhall Street, Luny became acquainted with a "Mr. Merle", a dealer and framer of paintings who promoted Luny's paintings for over twenty years, to great success. Luny also found a wealthy source of business in Leadenhall Street, where the British East India Company had their headquarters; their officers commissioned many paintings and portraits from Luny. This relationship between the Company and Luny also had several non-monetary benefits for Luny; it seems probable that, considering the great detail and realistic look of many of his sketches of locations such as Naples, Gibraltar, and Charleston, South Carolina, Luny was occasionally invited as a guest on the Company's ships on special occasions and voyages.[1]
Several
years later, in 1807, Luny decided to move again, this time to
Teignmouth in Devon. There he received a number of commissions (mostly
from ex-mariners, local gentry and the like), and he continued to be as
successful in his work as he had been in London. Luny was by that time
suffering with arthritis in both of his hands. This had no obvious
impact on the quality or pace of his artistic work. In fact, of his
lifetime oeuvre of over 3,000 works, over 2,200 were produced between
1807 and his death.[2] He died on 30 September 1837.
Specimens
of his work are exhibited at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich,
in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter, and at The Mariners'
Museum in Newport News, Virginia.
Notes
Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837)
Visual History-Thomas Luny
External links
Engagement Between Sir George Brydges Rodney and the Spanish Squadron,
Commanded by Don Juan de Langara, Near Cape St. Vincent, 16 January
1780 - Rehs Galleries' biography on Thomas Luny and an image of his
1872 Royal Academy exhibition painting.
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