. English: 'Nelson's reception at Naples' [1798] The inscribed title on the drawing of 'Nelson's arrival at Naples, the barge of Sir William Hamilton' appears to be by the artist, with other notes to the publisher cut off down the right edge. The ship is the 'Vanguard' arriving at Naples after Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, with a fanciful image of Mount Vesuvius behind. This is the second second of a group of 11 designs for wood-engravings (from 32 that Foster did) to illustrate the 1854 edition of Southey's 'Life of Nelson' published by David Bogue, London. This one for
. English: 'Nelson's reception at Naples' [1798] The inscribed title on the drawing of 'Nelson's arrival at Naples, the barge of Sir William Hamilton' appears to be by the artist, with other notes to the publisher cut off down the right edge. The ship is the 'Vanguard' arriving at Naples after Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, with a fanciful image of Mount Vesuvius behind. This is the second second of a group of 11 designs for wood-engravings (from 32 that Foster did) to illustrate the 1854 edition of Southey's 'Life of Nelson' published by David Bogue, London. This one formed the heading to Chapter VI on page others, not all in necessarily finished form and not in chronological order, are PAE5373-PAE5383. Other images in the edition were done by Edward Duncan (10) or reproduced pictures by Richard Westall, Sir Thomas Lawrence and other uncredited but mostly identifiable sources. The title here is as published. For Foster's full contributions to the edition see PAE5373. [PvdM 9/15] Nelson's arrival at Naples, the barge of Sir William Hamilton . circa 1854. Myles Birket Foster (1825–1899) Alternative names Myles Birkett Foster; Birket Foster; Miles Foster Description English painter and illustrator Date of birth/death 4 February 1825 27 March 1899 Location of birth/death North Shields, Northumberland Weybridge, Surrey Work location Netherlands (1869); Rotterdam (1869); The Hague (1869); Amsterdam (1869); Dordrecht (1869) Authority control : Q1738050 VIAF:?34499263 ISNI:?0000 0001 1024 607X ULAN:?500021811 LCCN:?n85368782 NLA:?35851878 WorldCat 5 'Nelson's reception at Naples' (1798) RMG PV5374
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