Detail View: Napoleonic Medallions: National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
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Filename:
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NM4222024012.JPG
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Title:
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National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
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Alternative Title:
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The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
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Creator:
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James Mudie
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Contributor:
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Nicolas Antonie Brenet
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Subject:
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British Victories
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Subject:
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French Revolutionary Wars
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Subject:
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British History
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Subject:
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Medals
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Description:
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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.”
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Publisher:
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James Mudie
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Date:
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February 14, 1797
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Coverage:
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The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
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Coverage:
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French Revolutionary Wars
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Coverage:
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British Victories
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Genre/Form:
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Medal
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Source:
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James Smith Noel
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Source:
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Isabella Romanski
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Language:
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English
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Rights:
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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.
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