[NELSON] | An Exact Representation of the English & French Fleets off the Mouth of the Nile, 1798

[NELSON AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS]

An Exact Representation of the English & French Fleets under the Command of Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson & Admiral Brueys off the Mouth of the Nile, on the 1st of August 1798

hand-coloured engraved view of the fleets in their battle lines with an inset view of the "Castle and Bay of Bequire", with letterpress key, despatches and list of lines of battle (taken from the London Gazette, 2 October 1798), broadside (555 x 445mm), 18 October 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London, framed and glazed

PROVENANCE:

The Matcham Collection; Sotheby's, London, Trafalgar: Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, 5 October 2005, lot 9