Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Title:
Short account of Lord Nelson's defeat of the French at the Nile : ... The view of Margate is in the upper circle : open from eight till dusk, 1799.
Published / Created:
[London] : J. Adlard, printer, no. 39, Duke Street, West Smithfield, [1799]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : ill. ; 42 x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:9149612
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Woodcut circular panorama depicting the battle at Aboukir Bay (1798), with title, imprint, and description of the battle in a center circle. The print advertises the show at Robert Barker's Panorama in Leicester Square.
Exhibition History:
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
Subject Terms:
Panoramas -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- Early works to 1800. | Nile, Battle of the, Egypt, 1798 -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Early works to 1800. | Naval battles -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Early works to 1800. | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Naval operations, British -- Early works to 1800. | Adlard, James -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Advertisements. | Woodcuts -- 1799.
Contributors:
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806. | Adlard, James, printer.