The 'Victory' in Naples Bay, 25 June 1804
The sixth in a series of ten drawings (PAF5871–PAF5874, PAF5876, PAF5880–PAF5881 and PAF5883–PAF5885) of mainly lesser-known incidents in Nelson's career, apparently intended for a set of engravings. Pocock's own numbered description of the subject in a letter of 2 June 1810 (see below) is: '6. "Victory" Naples Bay Morning.' It shows Nelson's last significant appearance off Naples when Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean before the Battle of Trafalgar. For the rather complex circumstances of the commissioning of these ten drawings, and Pocock's related letters, see 'View of St Eustatius with the "Boreas"' (PAF5871). Signed and dated in the lower left. Exhibited: NMM Pocock exhib. (1975) no. 51.
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Object Details
ID: | PAF5880 |
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Collection: | Fine art; Special collections |
Type: | Drawing |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Pocock, Nicholas |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Date made: | 1810 |
People: | Pocock, Nicholas |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 278 x 381 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 557 mm |