Coloured lithograph (PAF4706 is an uncoloured impression). Le Genereux and HMS Leander are depicted after the action. Le Genereux, in port side view, is flying the French flag at the main mast and stern, gun ports are open, all sails are holed. The starboard bow of HMS Leander is visible on the right-hand side of the image. She appears to have lost her masts, tattered sails are draped on the decks and hang from the bowspit. Flotsam is visible in the calm sea.
While carrying Nelson's despatches announcing the victory in the Battle of the Nile, HMS Leander was captured by the French Le Genereux on 18th August 1798. The crew displayed exceptionally brave resistence. The commander, Captain Thomas Boulden Thompson, and Nelson's flag commander, Edward Berry, who was on board, were afterwards knighted. Le Genereux was eventually captured and added to the Royal Navy in 1800.