Nelson Boarding The San Josef | George Jones | 1829 16th Century local knowledge of the dangerous

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Although tactically a French triumph and celebrated as such in France—one of the only naval victories inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe—the success was short-lived

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The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20 October 1827

Nelson Boarding The San Josef | George Jones | 1829 16th Century local knowledge of the dangerousNelson Boarding the San Josef (1829) by George Jones depicts the British Royal Navy's boarding and capture of the Spanish ship San Josef during the Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797. The scene highlights Horatio Nelson's pivotal role, foreshadowing his later victories at the Nile and Trafalgar. Commissioned by the British Institution for 500 to promote history painting, it was displayed at their 1829 exhibition. Jones, a former army