Boarding the Chesapeake.

Aquatint and line etching from the series Record of British Naval Valour published by Edward Orme, 1817.

Dimensions: 2 5/8" diameter approx

One from a series of twelve discs originally contained within a circular bronzed box of medal form decorated with a portrait of Nelson on the obverse and Britannia on the reverse.

USS Cheapeake was captured by HMS Shannon on 1 June 1813, but only after one of the briefest and bloodiest engagements in all naval history - just 15 minutes from the first shot being fired to the hauling down of Chesapeake's flag, but around 70 killed and 100 wounded. The moment depicted here is of Captain Broke leading the boarding party.

£150.00 framed