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Victors of the Nile

2 of 2 portraits of Sir Thomas Louis, 1st Bt

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Victors of the Nile

by William Bromley, and by John George Landseer, and by William Satchwell Leney (Lenney), published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke
line engraving, published 1803
30 7/8 in. x 21 in. (785 mm x 534 mm) plate size
Reference Collection
NPG D17019

Artistsback to top

Robert Bowyer (1758-1834), Miniature painter and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 46 portraits.
William Bromley (1769-1842), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 39 portraits.
John George Landseer (1761 or 1769-1852), Engraver and antiquary; father of Sir Edwin Landseer. Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
William Satchwell Leney (Lenney) (1769-1831), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 8 portraits.
Robert Smirke (1753-1845), Painter and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 23 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.

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Sir Edward Berry, Bt (1768-1831), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew (1760-1834), Admiral. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Henry D'Esterre Darby (1750-1823), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez (1757-1836), Admiral. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Sir Thomas Foley (1757-1833), Admiral. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Bt (1762-1814), Admiral. Sitter associated with 3 portraits. Identify
Sir Thomas Louis, 1st Bt (1759-1807), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Ralph Willett Miller (1762-1799), Naval captain. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), Vice-Admiral and victor of Trafalgar. Sitter in 86 portraits.
John Goodwin Gregory Peyton (1752-1809), Admiral. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Sir Charles Thompson, Bt (1740?-1799), Vice-Admiral. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Bt (1758?-1807), Rear-Admiral. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
George Blagdon Westcott (1745?-1798), Captain in the navy. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify

Related worksback to top

NPG D15815: Victors of the Nile (from same plate)
NPG D17016: 'Commemoration of the victory of June 1st 1794' (bound together)
NPG D17017: Commemoration of the 14th February 1797 (bound together)
NPG D17018: 'Commemoration of the 11th October 1797' (bound together)

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Place portrayed: Egypt (The Nile, Eqypt)

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Events of 1803back to top

Current affairs

The Vice Society is formally established by John Reeves and his associates to campaign against blasphemy and immorality, particularly that perpetrated by Thomas Paine and the Edinburgh Review.

Art and science

Erasmus Darwin's Temple of Nature published posthumously. A scientific treaty in the form of an elaborate couplet poem, its content anticipated some of the evolutionary ideas developed by his grandson, Charles Darwin, fifty years later.
Construction of the Caledonian Canal begins.

International

War with France resumes, sparking new fears of a cross-channel invasion.
United Irishman, Robert Emmett's attempted uprising in Dublin. Planned to coincide with Napoleon's expected invasion, it aimed to overthrow the English administration but ended in failure. Emmett is hanged along with several other conspirators.

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