Memorable Victory of the Nile
Framed aquatint print entitled "Memorable Victory of the Nile". The print has the following inscription: "Memorable Victory of the Nile, gained in August 1798, over the French by the British fleet in Aboukir Bay in the morning of the 3rd August, the Tonnant, striking the Theseus and Leander, and Le Timoleon burning on shore".
Object Details
| ID: | PAJ2902 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ellis, William; Francis Chesham George Riley |
| Places: | Aboukir Bay |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Vessels: | Leander (1780); Timoleon Tonnant (captured 1798) Theseus (1786) |
| Date made: | November 1799 |
| People: | George Riley; Francis Chesham Ellis, William |
| Measurements: | Image: 183 x 375 mm; Frame: 390 x 599 mm |
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