View of Lord Bridport's Action off l'Orient
Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle', 1799, f. p. 300. Description states the view is from the north-west, showing the enemy nearing Port Louis, with Bridport's 'Royal George' in the centre and the captured French 'Tigre' on the left. See PAG7059, another copy
Object Details
| ID: | PAD5493 |
|---|---|
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bunney & Co; Pocock, Nicholas Pollard, Robert |
| Places: | Lorient |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Bridport's action off the Ile de Groix, 1795 |
| Vessels: | Alexander (1778); Formidable (1795) Royal George (1788) Tigre (1793) |
| Date made: | 1 Apr 1799 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 130 mm x 222 mm |