View of the memorable Victory of the Nile, gained in August 1798"
Framed aquatint etching with the following inscription: "View of the memorable Victory of the Nile, gained in August 1798, over the French by the British Fleet in Aboukir Bay...Night of the 1st August...when l'Orient blew up"
Object Details
| ID: | PAJ2900 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ellis, William; Francis Chesham George Riley |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Vessels: | L'Orient fl.1798 [French navy] |
| Date made: | February 1799 |
| People: | Francis Chesham; Ellis, William George Riley |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Image: 184 x 377 mm; Frame: 386 x 501 mm |