A view of the attack on 15 february 1804 by rear-admiral charles-alexandre léon durand, comte de linois (1761-1848) on the east india company fleet, homeward bound from china, commanded by commodore nathaniel dance (1748-1827), resulting in the french squadron retiring from the action. Napoleonic wars (1803-15). Along the bottom of the view, outside the border, the names of the french and british ships below their depiction on the view. Bottom, below the view, a list of the british ships and their captains:] alfred capt. N farquharson. Coutts capt. N torin. Wexford capt. N clarke. Exeter capt. N meriton. Earl of abergavenny capt. N wordsworth. Henry addington capt. N kirkpatrick. Bombay castle capt. N hamilton. Cumberland capt. N farrer. Hope capt. N pendergrass. Dorsetshire capt. N brown. Warren hastings capt. N larkins & ocean capt. N lockner. [bottom right, below view, a list of ships:] country ships. William daniell (1769-1837) (artist, engraver and publisher) [bottom centre, below text:] drawn engraved & published by william daniell, n. O 9 cleveland street, fitzroy square, london sept. R 20, 1804. George iii catalogue entry: naval engagement the fleet of the east india company homeward bound from china under the command of sir nathaniel dance, engaging and repulsing a french squadron off pulo auro near the straits of malacca on the 15. Th of feb. Y 1804: by w,m daniell, 1804. [marked as missing by christian bailey in december 1987. ]
aventurier (l'avanturia). Date: 20 September 1804. Dimensions: 44.7 x 77.5 cm (image). Medium: aquatint with etching and engraving. Depicted Place: Strait of Malacca, Johore, Malaysia. Collection: Royal Collection. Strait of Malacca and Pulau Aur, 1804 RCIN 735107
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