To Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Kt, Commander in Chief...This plate representing the attack on the Danish Fleet and Batteries, off Copenhagen, the Second of April, 1801...
A depiction of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, showing the British fleet in the foreground firing cannons at the Danish fleet in the background. Inscriptions below the image list the names of many of the British ships, as well as the relative locations of the Danish batteries.
From left to right: Désirée (port quarter view), Polyphemus (starboard quarter view), Isis, Edgar, Ardent, Glatton, Elephant, Ganges, Monarch, Defiance (all in starboard quarter view and positioned in a single line), Bellona (port quarter view), Russel (port quarter view), Agamemnon (port quarter view, front half visible).
From left to right: Désirée (port quarter view), Polyphemus (starboard quarter view), Isis, Edgar, Ardent, Glatton, Elephant, Ganges, Monarch, Defiance (all in starboard quarter view and positioned in a single line), Bellona (port quarter view), Russel (port quarter view), Agamemnon (port quarter view, front half visible).
Object Details
| ID: | PAI6108 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Serres, John Thomas; Tomkins, Peltro William |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 |
| Vessels: | Isis (1774) |
| Date made: | 4 Jul 1801 |
| People: | British Fleet |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 574 x 845 mm; Mount: 654 x 965 mm |