Title

Nelson boarding the 'San Josef', Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.Artist: JJ Crew

Caption

Nelson boarding the 'San Josef', Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797. At the Battle of Cape St Vincent, the British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated the numerically superior Spanish. Commanding HMS 'Captain', Nelson distinguished himself in the battle, personally leading boarding parties that captured two Spanish ships, the 'San Josef' and the 'San Nicolas'. After the painting in the Greenwich Hospital Gallery, London.
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C27_176

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (4,4Mb) / 12,7in x 9,2in / 3812 x 2752 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England people male man men country guy ship ships British English fighting deck war location century Britain boarding concept battle Navy admiralty B&W sailor MONOCHROME metaphor capturing warfare sailors commander naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W admiral nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector Battle of Cape St Vincent leading by example Napoleonic Wars naval officer San Josef war hero Horatio Nelson leading from the front engraving on board JJ Crew J J Crew Nelson Horatio Lord Nelson Viscount Nelson Admiral Nelson George Jones;Jones George;Captain George Jones Crew JJ Crew J J engraving