Print of the Battle of the Nile titled, in full, 'A correct view of the gallant victory obtained by Adl. Nelson over the French under the command of Adl. Brueys. (Taken from a drawing made by an officer in the engagement.) In which the French Admiral lost his life, and for which the English Admiral was made Lord by the title of Baron Nelson of the Nile. &c. The Battle was fought in the shoals with the mouth of the River Nile, in Egypt. August 1st 1798.' This is a rare woo- engraved view on two sheets, joined published by Evans at 42 Long Lane, West Smithfield, London. It is an aerial view from the south (over the land) at the point in the action when Admiral Brueys' flagship 'L'Orient' explodes, with men, the main mast, and barrels being thrown into the air. At upper left and right are portraits of Nelson, and Admiral Brueys, commander of the French fleet, who was mortally wounded in 'L'Orient' even before the ship blew up. To the right and left of the title (below the image) are tables listing the British and French fleets, with numbers of guns and men. On the British side the table also lists the number of dead or wounded: the French side lists whether or not the ships were captured or burnt. Below both tables totals are given: British: 1012 guns; 8,068 men; 821 killed and wounded. French: 1,190 guns; 10,710 men; and about 5,000 killed or wounded. Aerial views of the Battle of the Nile are unusual and it is possible that Nicholas Pocock , who later did aerial-view paintings of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar for engraving in the 1809 Clarke and Macarthur biography of Nelson, may have drawn the idea from seeing this one, which shows the action from a similar point of the compass. There are earlier precedents, however, especially in the 17th-century aerial-view battle paintings of the van de Veldes. [PvdM 4/19]