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Plan and key. The Attack on Boulogne Oct 1804
The original title of this very detailed watercolour drawing, centre bottom, reads: 'A S. E. View of the Town and Harbour of Boulogne with the Encampments on the Heights. Shewing also the situation of the French and English Squadrons as taken at anchor by E. D. Lewis H.M.S. Tartarus off Boulogne'. The flagship, centre bottom is identfied as the 'Monarch', 74, Admiral Lord Keith, then in charge of the anti-invasion blockade. Medium includes pen and black ink. [PvdM 4.05]
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Object Details
| ID: | PAI6989 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Lewis, E. D. |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Date made: | 1804 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Secondary support: 671 mm x 881 mm; Primary support: 624 mm x 758 mm; Mount: 760 mm x 899 mm |