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'The Bombardment of Copenhagen by the British forces' and 'The landing of the British Forces in the Island of Zealand'

Engraving published by T and R Hughes. With excerpts of Alexander Pope's poem 'Messiah'.

A vignette at the top of the print show the Bombardment of Copenhagen by British forces in 1807. The vignette at the bottom of the page shows landings during the Walcheren Expedition of 1809. Four smaller vignettes show a Danish officer surrendering, Royal Navy ships attacking a Danish force, the capture of the Danish fleet and three British officers drawing up the Articles of Capitulation.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1971-02-33-125-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, London

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1971-02-33-125-1