The Memorable Victory of the Nile

Framed aquatint entitled "The Memorable Victory of the Nile". The print has 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...on the 2nd August at the time Le Genereux, Le Guillaume Tell, La Justice and La Diane were escaping pursued by the zealous".

Object Details

ID: PAJ2901
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ellis, William; Francis Chesham George Riley
Places: Aboukir Bay
Date made: November 1799
People: Francis Chesham; Ellis, William George Riley
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Image: 183 x 374 mm; Frame: 390 x 500 mm