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Defence of the Breach at St Jean D'Acre by Sir Sidney Smith
2 of 6 portraits by Anthony Fogg
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Defence of the Breach at St Jean D'Acre by Sir Sidney Smith
by and published by Anthony Fogg, after William Hamilton
engraving, published 7 April 1802
21 1/8 in. x 24 in. (535 mm x 609 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D1367
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- Anthony Fogg (active 1793-1806). Artist or producer associated with 6 portraits.
- William Hamilton (1751-1801), History painter. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
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An energetic, capable and boastful naval commander, Sir Sydney Smith used his two ships to bring reinforcements to the beleaguered Turkish defenders of Acre and so stopped the advance of Napoleon's army through Syria; after a short siege the French marched away towards Egypt and ultimate surrender.
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Current affairs
After returning from Naples, Nelson tours England with the diplomat and antiquarian Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma, with whom he was having an affair. With Nelson's status confirmed as a national hero, their reception outrivals that of the King.Extensive strikes in government shipyards led by John Gast.
Art and science
Francis Jeffrey, MP and arbiter of literary taste, co-founds the Edinburgh Review, the influential Whig quarterly which voiced strong criticism of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey.The Exchange, where stocks were traded, is rebuilt to cope with an increase in business during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
International
Peace of Amiens; Britain finally agrees to unpopular peace, leaving France the chief power in Europe and returning recent British colonial acquisitions.Napoleon is declared First Consul of the French Empire for life.
English flock to see the international war plunder now on display at the Louvre in Paris.
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