Captain Sir Edward Pellew's 'Nymphe' boards and takes the 'Cleopatra', 18 June 1793

This drawing is uninscribed. However compositional similarities to PAD8717 suggest that it shows Pellew's capture of the 'Cleopatra' in the first single-ship duel of the French Revolutionary War. The loss of the mizzen mast on the right supports this. See also PAD8718 and the print to which that relates.

Object Details

ID: PAD8716
Collection: Fine art; Special collections
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Pocock, Nicholas
Vessels: Cleopatre [French navy]
Date made: ca.1793
People: Pocock, Nicholas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 148 mm x 237 mm
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