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Rare broadsheet plan of Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801

Fairburn's Plan of Parker and Nelson's Victory before Copenhagen, April 2.d 1801.
London: Fairburn, April 22nd, 1801. Broadsheet plan. Original colour. Engraving, 340 x 450mm, set in letterpress, sheet size 565 x 480mm.
Stock #:  12715

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A broadsheet published only twenty days after the naval battle regarded as Nelson's hardest-fought battle. The engraving is divided between an chart of the 'Passage of the Sound to Copenhagen & Drago' and a view of Nelson's attack on the Danish fleet. The text contains a key to the view, listing the ships, the despatches from Parker and Nelson (neither mentioning Nelson disobeying Parker's order to withdraw) and a list of casualties.

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A few repairs.

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