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1. Sketchbook of a cruise on the Foudroyant, 1800-1806
- Creator:
- Knight, Ellis Cornelia, 1757-1837
- Call Number:
- Osborn d485
- Image Count:
- 50
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Sketchbook containing 37 watercolors done by Ellis Cornelia Knight while on board Lord Nelson's flagship the Foudroyant with Sir William and Lady Emma Hamilton in 1800. Twenty-six sketches are views taken from the ship off the coast of Sicily, under s...
- Description:
- Ellis Cornelia Knight (1757-1837), writer, governess and protégé of Lady Emma Hamilton, whom she broke with after Lady Hamilton's affair with Lord Nelson became public knowledge in England. Knight's works include Dinarbas: A Tale (1790) and Sir Guy ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mediterranean Coast (Italy) and Sicily
- Subject (Name):
- Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815., Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803., Knight, Ellis Cornelia, 1757-1837., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., and Foudroyant (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Naval operations, British, Travelers' writings, English, Women travelers, Malta, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sketchbook of a cruise on the Foudroyant, 1800-1806