To the Right Honble Viscount Nelson...The Magnanimous Attack on El Muros Fort and Town, by...Frigate La Loire..4th of June 1805. This Print is Dedicated...
A view of the attack on the fort of Muros, Spain, by ‘La Loire’, shown actively firing in port quarter view on the left of the picture. To her left is a small yacht with the Union Jack and the Spanish flag atop its mast. Nearer the centre of the image are four boats filled with men rowing towards the land. The right background is occupied by a view of the town, with ships moored, as well as large mountains. Aquatint. Engraved by Francis Chesham, after Thomas Buttersworth. Publisher’s details below inscription.
Object Details
ID: | PAI5757 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Andrews, George; Buttersworth, Thomas Francis Chesham |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Attack on the port of Muros, 1805 |
Vessels: | Loire (1795) |
Date made: | 6 Nov 1805 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 414 mm x 602 mm |