The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801

Nelson's attack on the Danish fleet is depicted from the south, with his ships shown stern on. Inscriptions immediately below the picture identify all 12 British ships of the line, from left to right, as 'Polyphemus', 'Isis', 'Edgar', 'Ardent', 'Glatton', 'Elephant', 'Ganges', 'Monarch', 'Defiance', 'Bellona', 'Russell', and 'Agamemnon'. Other vessels and landmarks are also detailed.

Inscribed (below this): "To Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Kt. Commander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, and Rear Admiral Thos Graves. The Captains, Officers, Seamen, Mariners and Soldiers of the British Fleet, this plate representing the attack on the Danish Fleet and Batteries, off Copenhagen, the Second of April, 1801, is Dedicated with the greatest Respect by their most Obedt Hble Servt., P W Tomkins".

This impression hand-coloured. PAI6112 and PAI6113 are duplicate, uncoloured, impressions.

Object Details

ID: PAI6114
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Serres, John Thomas; Tomkins, Peltro William
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Vessels: Polyhemus 1782 [British navy]; Russell 1764 [British navy] Bellona (1760)
Date made: 4 Jul 1801
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 526 x 765 mm