Bonaparte on the Northumberland

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.

After his formal surrender to the British on 15 July 1815, Bonaparte was brought to Plymouth (though forbidden to set foot on English soil). On 8 August he was transferred on board HMS Northumberland (74 guns) - and to his dismay, carried into captivity on remote St Helena where he remained imprisoned until he died in May 1821.

£125.00 framed