Inscribed 'Nelson at Syracuse' probably by the artist, this shows his fleet revictualling at Syracuse during the chase of the French preceding the Battle of the Nile in 1798. It is the fourth of a group of 11 designs for wood-engravings (out of 32 that Foster did) to illustrate the 1854 edition of Southey's 'Life of Nelson' published by David Bogue, London: it appears, as here in circular format, on page 161. The others, not all in necessarily finished form and not in chronological order, are PAE5373-PAE5383. Other images in the edition were done by Edward Duncan (10) or reproduced pictures by Richard Westall, Sir Thomas Lawrence and other uncredited but mostly identifiable sources.The title here is as published. For Foster's full contributions to the edition see PAE5373. [PvdM 9/15]