François Thurot
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François Thurot was a French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler who raided British shipping during the Seven Years' War.
View of Carrickfergus in the late eighteenth century. Francis Thurot briefly seized the port in 1759 after a diversionary attack.
The eastern side of Carrickfergus Castle
The action took place off Bishops Court between Captain Elliott and the French Captain Thurot
Richard Wright (painter)
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Richard Wright was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society.
The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 21 November 1759: the Day After
'Favourite' and 'Active' taking 'Hermione'
The original version of The Fishery by Richard Wright
The Fishery engraved by William Woollett, after Richard Wright