#james saumarez

[kelvinthegoatt]

The lads

[illustratus]

H.M.S. Crescent, under the command of Captain James Saumarez, capturing the French frigate Réunion off Cherbourg, 20 October 1793 by John Bentham-Dinsdale

[kelvinthegoatt]

Band of brothers in my artstyle (2/3)

[quotingobrian]

'What is this shocking noise about?' asked Mr Saumarez. 'If you please, sir,' said Keppel, 'we are painting Mr Palafox blue.' 'What a stupid blunder,' cried the first lieutenant. 'Don't you know that green is the proper emblem? Come, come; mix yellow with your blue and you will have green - the only correct colour. When will you begin to realise that you must think before you act?'

The Golden Ocean, Patrick O’Brian