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NELSON 4 x SEA BATTLE PRINTS royal navy SHIPS naval art 14" x 11" print picture There are 2 prints. You will receive 2 copies of each print. A total of 4 prints. These prints have been officially licensed by the National Maritime Museum, London. Each internal picture is 345mm x 225mm with a white border adding an additional 15mm on three sides with more on the bottom. New Old Stock. Condition of the central picture is EXCELLENT. The white border and edges are NEAR EXCELLENT but not new-minted pristine. These will be covered by your frame. 1. BATTLE OF THE NILE - END OF THE ACTION ADMIRAL LORD NELSON "On 19 May 1798, Napoleon sailed from Toulon on his hazardous adventure to Egypt, capturing Malta on the way. On 1 August, Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson sighted Alexandria, with its harbour full of shipping and saw French flags, although none belonged to ships of the line. The French battle fleet was subsequently sighted anchored in Aboukir Bay, 15 miles east of Alexandria, by the British ship 'Zealous', 74 guns. Nelson, in his flagship 'Vanguard', 74 guns, immediately headed there and launched and immediate, late-afternoon attack on the anchored enemy in what subsequently became a devastating night action." "Thomas Whitcombe (possibly 19 May 1763 – c. 1824) was a prominent British maritime painter of the Napoleonic Wars. Among his work are over 150 actions of the Royal Navy, and he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Royal Society of British Artists. His pictures are highly sought after today." wikipedia 2. NELSON MORTALLY WOUNDED AT TRAFALGAR "Denis Dighton (1792 – 8 August 1827) was an English painter, best known for his military portraits and battle scenes. Dighton is mostly known for his paintings of battle scenes especially depicting the Peninsular War and Waterloo; he also painted this scene of Nelson being shot at the Battle of Trafalgar." wikipedia