Key to Mr Orme's Print & Picture of Adml Nelson's Boarding the Spanish Ships in Ld St Vincent's Victory

A key published to accompany Daniel Orme’s painting and print representing Nelson’s capture of the Spanish ‘San Josef’, 112 guns, at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 (see BHC0493 for the painting and PAH17928 for the print). Titled ‘Key to Mr Orme’s Print & Picture of Adml Nelson’s Boarding the Spanish Ships in Ld St Vincent’s Victory.’, the left hand side of the print feature engravings of the heads and ships featured in Orme’s picture, labelled with numbers from 1 to 17. These numbers correspond to a list of names in the bottom right. The right hand side of the print features long text describing the painting. (Updated April 2019.)

Object Details

ID: PAI7797
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Orme, Daniel
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
Date made: 14 Feb 1797
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Sheet: 282 x 442 mm
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