Cape St Vincent, 1797

DESCRIPTION / OF THE / HISTORICAL PICTURE / OF / LORD ST. VINCENT'S VICTORY / OVER THE SPANISH FLEET, / OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT, ON THE 14th OF FEBRUARY, 1797; / IN WHICH IS COMMEMORATED / That unprecedented Instance of the...

Daniel Orme (1766-1837) (publisher) [bottom centre:] Pub. at the British Naval & Military Gallery, Holles Street.

Watermark: Cropped: 1796

Condition: no fold lines

25.7 x 40.4 cm (image)

cropped (platemark)

26.3 x 42.7 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

DESCRIPTION / OF THE / HISTORICAL PICTURE / OF / LORD ST. VINCENT'S VICTORY / OVER THE SPANISH FLEET, / OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT, ON THE 14th OF FEBRUARY, 1797; / IN WHICH IS COMMEMORATED / That unprecedented Instance of the Success and gallant Conduct of ADMIRAL SIR H. NELSON, K.B. / Under the Patronage of the Sovereign. [letterpress text to right]

Printed title:

Key to M.^r Orme's Print & Picture of ADM.^L NELSON'S Boarding the Spanish Ships in / L.^D S.^T VINCENT'S VICTORY.

Annotations:

George III heading: Military Naval Engagement 14 Feb 1797 Port folio No 5.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, the old heading; bottom left, black pencil, obscured by paper backing: the old heading; top left, black pencil:] 12; [top right, black pencil:] 11; [centre, black pencil, obscured by paper backing:] 12.

George III catalogue entry:

Naval Engagement Admiral Nelson boarding the two Spanish Ships and receiving the Spanish Admiral's Sword on board the San Josef, on the 14.^th of Feb.^y 1797: by D. Orme, 1800: with an Index Plate and a Description.

Bibliographic reference(s)

H. Parker, Naval battles from the collection of prints formed and owned by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust. With an introduction by C.N. Robinson, London 1911, no.122.d