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E. D. Lewis
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English: Plan and key. The Attack on Boulogne Oct 1804

The original title of this very detailed watercolour drawing, centre bottom, reads: 'A S. E. View of the Town and Harbour of Boulogne with the Encampments on the Heights. Shewing also the situation of the French and English Squadrons as taken at anchor by E. D. Lewis H.M.S. Tartarus off Boulogne'. The flagship, centre bottom is identified as the 'Monarch', 74, Admiral Lord Keith, then in charge of the anti-invasion blockade. Medium includes pen and black ink. [PvdM 4.05]
Plan and key. The Attack on Boulogne Oct 1804

Key: 1. HMS Trusty, 2. HMS Leda, 3. HMS Autumn, 4. HMS Euryalus, 5. HMS Monarch, 6. Speculator (lugger), 7. HMS Leopard (Admiral Louis), 8. HMS Jamaica, 9. ? with the Guard, 10. ? (bomb), 11. ?Railleur (1804) (sloop), 12. HMS Tartarus (?bomb) repeating Monarch's signal, 13. HMS Harpy (sloop), 14. HMS Hecla (bomb), 15. HMS Vesuvius (ship, 1776), 16. HMS Devastation, 17, ?Manly 1804 (gun brig), 18. ?Jackal 1801 (gun brig), 19. ?Locust 1801 (gun brig), 20. ?Monkey 1801 (gun brig), 21. ?Discovery 1789 (?bomb), 22. ?Mariner 1801, 24. HMS Active, 26. Fly By Night (Lugger), 27. ? Battery, 28. ? Point, 29. Batteries, 30. Pier head, 31, ? station in the harbour, 32, The Telegraph, 33. The Encampment, 34. The Telegraph on Telegraph Hill, 35. An Admiral flag in the harbour, 36. The flotilla, 37. The ? flying the Admirals flag, 38. A battery carrying ? line of guns on the pier head, 39. The light house.
Date 1804
date QS:P571,+1804-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Secondary support: 671 mm x 881 mm; Primary support: 624 mm x 758 mm; Mount: 760 mm x 899 mm
Notes Box Title: Miscellaneous Actions.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/157586
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