Cooper: Antique Chart of the Mediterranean, 1802
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Striking, detailed, and unusual aquatint chart of the Mediterranean Sea showing the track of the Royal Navy at the command of Horatio Nelson and the tracks of the Imperial French Navy at the Command of Napoleon I from Europe to Egypt, before and during the Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, in Egypt. From Willyam's "A Voyage Up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure" an eye-witness account of the Battle of the Nile in 1798. The Rev. Cooper Willyams (1762 – 1816) was a clergyman and a British artist. Willyams was chaplain on the Boyne in 1793, during England's war with France. In 1796, Willyams returned to London and published "An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies", which included six drawings by Willyams, all rendered in the difficult aquatint technique.
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Good. Clean. Right and left margins at 1/4". Archivally repaired small marginal tears from verso not impacting the image. Very slight toning at vertical centerfold.
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Cooper: Antique Chart of the Mediterranean, 1802
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