COLLECTION NAME:
Napoleonic Medallions
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Napoleonic Medallions
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Filename:
NM4222024012.JPG
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NM4222024012.JPG
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Title:
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
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National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
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Alternative Title:
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
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The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
Alternative Title
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Creator:
James Mudie
creator
James Mudie
Creator
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Contributor:
Nicolas Antonie Brenet
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Nicolas Antonie Brenet
Contributor
false
Subject:
British Victories
subject
British Victories
Subject
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Subject:
French Revolutionary Wars
subject
French Revolutionary Wars
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Subject:
British History
subject
British History
Subject
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Subject:
Medals
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Medals
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Description:
This bronze medal commemorates the British victory at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. The reverse pictures the historic maneuver that Nelson performed by seizing a Spanish ship and using it as a bridge to seize another. The reverse of the medal pictures two Spanish ships being destroyed by Britain, the entity itself, which is depicted as a winged, woman, warrior in the sky. She is wearing traditional Greco-Roman attire and lightning bolts hail from her hands as she destroys the ships beneath her. In exergue, there are the inscriptions “SPANISH FLEET DEFEATED OFF CAPE ST VINCENT,” “XIV. FEBY MDCCLXXXXVII,” “BRENET.F.,” and ‘MUDIE.D.”
description
This bronze medal commemorates the British victory at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. The reverse pictures the historic maneuver that Nelson performed by seizing a Spanish ship and using it as a bridge to seize another. The reverse of the medal pictures two Spanish ships being destroyed by Britain, the entity itself, which is depicted as a winged, woman, warrior in the sky. She is wearing traditional Greco-Roman attire and lightning bolts hail from her hands as she destroys the ships beneath her. In exergue, there are the inscriptions “SPANISH FLEET DEFEATED OFF CAPE ST VINCENT,” “XIV. FEBY MDCCLXXXXVII,” “BRENET.F.,” and ‘MUDIE.D.”
Description
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Publisher:
James Mudie
publisher
James Mudie
Publisher
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Date:
February 14, 1797
date
February 14, 1797
Date
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Coverage:
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
Coverage:
French Revolutionary Wars
Coverage:
British Victories
Genre/Form:
Medal
type
Medal
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Source:
James Smith Noel
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James Smith Noel
Source
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Source:
Isabella Romanski
source
Isabella Romanski
Source
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Language:
English
language
English
Language
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Rights:
This image may be used without charge for non-commercial web sites under the condition that the sites or pages on which images appear properly identify William N. Gray as a creator, and provide a link back to the home page of the Noel Collection. please request permission to publish or distribute images from the Noel Collection Curator.
rights
This image may be used without charge for non-commercial web sites under the condition that the sites or pages on which images appear properly identify William N. Gray as a creator, and provide a link back to the home page of the Noel Collection. please request permission to publish or distribute images from the Noel Collection Curator.
Rights
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