Nelson at the Battle of the Nile

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Nelson aboard a ship during the battle of the Nile. He is wounded on the head but still fighting! The Battle of the Nile was fought in Aboukir bay near Alexandria, Egypt, in August 1798. The British fleet was under the command of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson and the French fleet under Admiral Paul D'Brueys.

Object Details

ID: PAI8842
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: 1 Aug 1798
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 555 mm x 708 mm
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