The Battle of Alexandria, March 21st 1801 / Bataille d’Alexandrie, le 21 Mars, 1801
William Willermin
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)
James Mitan (1776 - 1822)
Engraving and mezzotint
published 4 June 1804-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
Charles Turner was born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire; the son of an excise officer. At a young age he moved to London, where he was apprenticed to engraver John Jones and studied at the Royal Academy schools. He later produced work in mezzotint, aquatint and stipple for publishers in London and Scotland. He also began publishing his own prints in 1796. In 1812 he was appointed Engraver-in-Ordinary to George III. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1828. Throughout his career he is thought to have produced 638 portrait engravings and over 300 subject engravings. These were generally made after works by contemporary artists, such as Raeburn, Lawrence and J. M. W. Turner, with whom the engraver enjoyed a long standing friendship.
James Mitan was a line-engraver who worked in London and exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1802–1805 and in 1818.
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Explore
- Places
- Mediterranean Sea, Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Alexandria
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Details
- Title
- The Battle of Alexandria, March 21st 1801 / Bataille d’Alexandrie, le 21 Mars, 1801
- Edition
- proof
- Date
- published 4 June 1804
- Medium
- Engraving and mezzotint
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Colnaghi, April 1952
- GAC number
- 1538