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DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURES 
 
 PAINTED FOR » 
 
 Mr. B O JVTE R, 
 
 AT THE 
 
 HISTORIC GALLERY. 
 
 BATTLE OF THE NILE. 
 
 The Night Engagement, with the Burning of the French Admiral’s Ship. 
 
 To convey to the fpe£tator an adequat^idea of this glorious a£fion, the painter has judicioufly chofcn 
 that moment for reprefentation when a circumftance that heightened the terrific grandeur of the fcene 
 difplayed it to the view through the (hades of night. The Fiench Admiral’s (hip, I' Orient^ is feen in 
 flames in the centre, a (hort time before fhe blew up. The Alexander has ceafed firing upon her in con- 
 fequence, and is raking le Tonnant^ which appears nearly difmafted in the right hand corner of the piece. 
 Ahead of I' Orient is le Franklin., her marts (hot away, wiih the Leander of fifty guns (fo gallantly defended 
 by captain TWjmfon in a fubfequent adfion in the Mediterranean with a French feventy-four) lying 
 athwart her hal^^, and firing into her bows. T o the left of the Leander, and more in the foregro^Rd, 
 le Peuple Souverain is driven out of the line, with not a mart (landing ; and in the diftance appears the 
 Vanguard clofe along fide of le Spartiate^ which (he has completely difmafted. Some more (hips, the 
 ifland of Bequier, afterwards funk by the fire of feme of our (hips, and theTowerof Aboukir, 
 vifible in the left hand corner, clofe the fcene.— A. Print, which will be painted in Water Colours, is 
 now engraving from this Pidlure. Subferibers Names are received at the Hiftoric Gallery. 
 
 
 N- I. 
 
 EAT LONDON., 
 
 Of this event, forming one of the -fublimert rpe£facles that can be J, -thv p^icH girc 
 
 a lively reprefentStion ; and tlj| pencil itfelf, employed in the ufual mode, is hardly equal to the dellred 
 purpofe'.' The collateral afiillance of art, thexefore^ has be^c^led laon the prefent occafion : aided' 
 by which the fpeiSator may almoft imagine himfelf actually contemplating at a dirtftnee the tremendous 
 fcene. •* 
 
 The point of view^f this Piclure Mr. Loutherboup g^ has taken from the laft arch of old Loijdfwi' 
 Bridge on t1^(* OTrry fide of the'Thamef* towards the ckyiot London, as aj*! that ^ngleMd St. 
 omes in as a mod confpicuous part lighted by that dreadful co.R,5agr3tion, whiclj,’by the Itron^^iterlp 
 
 ’ ----- - wl*^ its, .d^ruifivd flaua^ t^ards this 
 
 murk ofthe city- ofi»Ldndoijp and acs- 
 
 . 7 Tk- FoutherbOurg (ore-ground fo his 
 
 %i(^r<^<ri^s it nov^ty^^mideur', and a ftrong eft'ecl is produced by contraft of the (hade 
 
 ^ '^fme witb..th.q;jRflamcd Vnnt^i^ere of the (fcy, in oppofition to th^coolneife of ih«*^tlvfry moon, 
 peeping frem Ihhind clouds, receiving the tints of this luminai^^nd thofe of the conflagration 
 
 of the vajjli^itybeneath. al' tbefe, as as of the reflection of the water, this-afeh 'is beautifully 
 V • ‘^'.it^tpaung, ‘-tod by the' dimfcHfioinVbf its ftruClure, oppofed to the figures, and the diftant barges, and 
 edific^^f the t^ii on fife, adds a fcale ioT grandeur and magnificent foleranity, which othervvife the artift 
 could »^er have contrived. ’’ ' *'* '* C'* •'n-' 
 
 I y aqyantage muft.be added,' that the pier of wooden piie.s of the old London Bridge gave 
 
 Tou-^iERBOURG the happy ^por<dnity of landing jjpon that temporary afyhim,-.'ftic*h interelting 
 <^(^ltappy fuFerersj^ as fiwreadful, bidden, and urrc|y;)e(^ed cr.L.'Dity, in thAnight jinie, muft of 
 ha^e- fought there ; wunten* ofiall riUiks miqglpd by jhifery; parents and ckrldren opp.'-eflfed by 
 age and (jcknels, gqfi from Uie flames, a|j*ng fu^iture of.-all forts in confullon ; men aflifting, 
 
 ^ and anipilhed thdVlj^i^f!^jj(^erin^ip,e6tators, bn^y,ario(!lsplans ; whilft boats and other fmall craft full of 
 goods, ariithe rerqriants of poor farnilies, com^ofe.thi? diK^ and moft feelingly intereftuig group of 
 figures, part'ijj lighted by the reflcCfing fire,N«nd partly by the pallid rays of the moon, and their refledion 
 in the water, 
 
 - This whole compofition, together fvms as grand, ftflemjj, and terrific a fpedacle as human mifery 
 could ever prefent at one vieW to the eyes of man. 
 
 The firft building juft behind the groope on the -piesMtifte bridge is Cole-harbour. There the fir-e 
 
( 2 ) 
 
 is in its full vigour, and ths flame? are cominuaicating from rdom to room. The next place, the Steel- 
 yard, is filled with people alTiftiiig to impede the fpreadingof the conflagration. The wharf near the barges 
 is Qi^icenhithe, where the wet fmolce and the frefh breaking out flames, over which, through immenfe 
 columns of fmoke, old Sr. Paul’s majeflically ftands as yet uninjured, and receiving the full refledlion 
 of the city in conflagration, upon a gloomy and inflamed horizon, terminates the awful feene. 
 
 N° 2. 
 
 DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. 
 
 PAINTED BY 
 
 P. J. DE LOUTHERBOURGy Ejq, R.\4. 
 
 This wonderful event has a peculiar claim on the pencil, and in tranfmitting it to the canvas Mr. Lou- 
 TKERBOURG has chofen the moment of the greateft confufton ^ the Spanish fleet before Calais, as af- 
 fording the fineft oppofition of lights, and thereforethe greatelt edntraft of colouring and compofition. Ac- 
 cordingly, on the right he has reprefented the Englilh fleet immerfed in clouds of fmoke, darkened by 
 the remaining gloom of a ftormy night, not yet difpelled by the commencing dawn, which is breaking 
 through clouds fcattered by the wind. The ifhip of the Lord High Admiral of England, with the Royal 
 Standard at the main topmaft head, the arms of England, as they then were, on the forefail, and all the 
 ftreamers and fignals taken from the moft authentic documents exifting, and drawn at time, is feen 
 purfuing, firing her chafe-guns on, and finking a fmall Spanilh galley in the centre of tfre pifture; and 
 fending forth thofe inftruments of novelty and terror, the firelhips, which caufed the univerfal dif- 
 order, havoc, and defeat of the “ Invincible Armada a principal part of which may be perceived 
 in the centre of the back ground of the pidlure, cutting their cables, and endeavouring to fet fail, that 
 they may efcape deftrudtion by ignominious flight. Their Admiral, with the confecrated banner of 
 the Pope aloft, and various fignals thrown out, appears in the moft imminent danger of being con- 
 lumed by one of the Englilh firelhips in full blaze, her guns going off, and the different hues of the 
 flame produced by the various combuftibles clearly dillinguilhable, while the whole exhibits a tre- 
 mendous difplay of horror and devaftation. * 
 
 In the centre are alfo reprefented various fmall Englilh veffels, fitted out by private Gentlemen, 
 which, in fighting “ in this glorious caufe of their Queen and Country, did moft Tbf all annoy the huge 
 unwiefey Spaiiifl, galL-rins.” 
 
 In front of thefe is feen the Spanifli galley, difmafted and finking. Two Fathers, of the Order of 
 St. Dominic, are endeavouring to adminifter their laft bleffing to the unfortunate galley Haves, chained 
 to the row banks, and meeting the horrors of inevitable death in all the agonies of defpair and bootlefs 
 lamentation. On the prow of the galley, amid the confufion of the lhattered rigging, are foldiers firing, 
 and Hill defending their finking vefl'el agatnft the alTaulting Englilh ; the Spanil^ captain being attacked! 
 and killed by the commander of the Englilh boat, who is warmly feconded by his crew, the lancemcn/ 
 arquebufiers, Sic, while an Englilh trumpeter is founding a charge and animating his comrades. 
 
 Near to this, in the front of the piiSlure, to the left, is a large Spanilh gallialTe, attacked on all fid/ 
 by the Englifh foldiers, bowmen, Sec. feme climbing up the ftarboard bow by the help of the a.nchq/* 
 head rails and rigging-, while others are boarding her on the larboard in a more regular and for^e 
 manner. The Spanilh commander with his gilded Ihield, diftm’cj^e of his rank, which Ihield-^^*^^ 
 prelerved in the Tower, defending in vain his ill-fated veffel a^fWift the Conquering EngjilE' ^ his 
 veflel, v.'ith her fails and rigging torn by the Ihot of the Englilh, is detached by the dark fjxtaow fiaoi 
 the luminous mafs of the burning fire-lhips. 
 
 Mk. BOWYER begs leave to acquaint the Public that 
 
 PRINTS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 E/RE OF LONDON AND DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA 
 
 Are now linilhed, and ready for S’eiivery. — Specimens of them may be feen at the Hiftoric Gallery. 
 
 And as the fplefidid effeSl of reprefentaiions of this nature cannot be given in an uneoloured Ptsnty it is <//*• 
 
 termined that 
 
 £ACH IMPRESSION SHA^L BE PAINTED IN JVATER COLOURSy 
 FROM T I G I N A L P I C T V R E. 
 
 Pri*e^iwfeir*-GuiNEA» each. 
 
 
CATALOGUE 
 
 OF PICTURES, 
 
 PAINTED FOk 
 
 MnBOJrrER^S MAGNIFICENT EDITION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 
 
 
 N» 3. 
 
 The Sul^fiffiflion of John to his Brother, Richard I. 
 
 Painted by B.-W isT, Hijlorical Painter to his Majejlyy and Preftdent of the Royal Academy » 
 
 ** During war Prince John deferted from Philip, threw himfelf at his brother’s feet, craved par- 
 don for his ofFences, and, by the interceffion of Queen Eleanor, was received into favour . — I forgive 
 him, faid the King, and hope I /hall as eafly forget his injurkf as he will my pardon” •~-Fide Hume, 
 Vol. 11 . p. 31, o£i. edit. 
 
 N* 4, 
 
 Q^en Elizabeth appointing her SaccefTor, 
 
 Painted by R, Smirke, R.A, 
 
 ^ Ten days and nights ftie lay upon the, carpet, leaning on culhions whfch her maids brought her ; 
 and her phyficians could not perfuade her to allow herfelf to be put to bed, much lefs to make trial of 
 any remedies which they prefcribed to her. Her anxious mind at laft had fo lojjg preyed on her frail 
 body, that her end was vifibly approaching; and the council, being alTembled, fent the keeper, admiral, 
 and fecretary, to know her will with regard to her fuccelTor. She anfwered with a faint voice, that, 
 as (he had held a regal fceptre, (he defired no other than a royal luccelTor. . Cecil requefting her to 
 explain herfelf more particularly, fhe fubjoined, th^t fhe would,, have a king to fucceed her j and who 
 ihould that be but her neareft Junfman, the king of Scots V'.-^fide Hume, Vol, V. p> 447, eh. edit. 
 
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 Charles the Firft with two of his Children previous to his Death, 
 
 Painted by T. Stothard, R. A. 
 
 “ To the young Duke, too, he could not forbear giving fome advice, in order to feafon his mind 
 with early principles of loyalty and obedience towards his brd^er, who vv;as fo foon to be his fbvereign. 
 Holding him on his knee, he faid, Now they will cut off thy father’s head.” At thefe words the 
 child looked very ftedfaftly upon him. “Mark, child ! what 1 fay: thev wiircut off my head! and 
 perhaps make thee a king : bu^mark what I fay, thou n\(i not be"a kmg, as long as thy brothers 
 Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers’ heads when they can catch them ! And 
 thy head too they will cut off at laft ! Therefore, I charge thee, d<^ not be made a king by them !” 
 The Duke, fighing, replied, “ I will be torr^yi pieces firft !” So determined an anfwer, from one 
 of fuch tender years, fille'd the fling’s eyes with tears of joy and admiration.”— H umb, Ftl. VIL 
 f. 142, oii. edit. 
 
 N<» 6. 
 
 Death of Archbifhop Sharp. 
 
 Panted by J. Opie, R, A. 
 
 ^ N»7. 
 
 Brother to Edward tiie Fifth, reTigned by 
 the Oueen. 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R. A. 
 
 “ The Archbiftiops of Canterbury and York employed every argument, accompanied with earneft 
 entreaties, exhortations, and ailurances, to bring her over to the fame opinion. She long contin d 
 obftinate, and infifted that the Duke of York, by living in the fanduary, was not only fecure himfeff 
 but gave fecurity to the king, whofe life no one would dare to attempt, while his fucceffor and aveneer 
 remained in fafec^t But finding that'none fupported her in thefe fentiments, and that force in cafe^of 
 rsfuf^i, threatened by the council, ftie at laft complied, and produced her fon to the two prelates 
 She vi^here on a fudd^n ftruck with a kind of prefage-of his future ftate: fhe tenderly embraced 
 'hifti me bedewed him with tears; and, bidding him an eternal adieu, delivered him, with many exoref 
 . fibiwNoi regret and reludance, into their cuftody .” — Fide Hume, Fol, III, p. 271, odi, edit, ^ ^ ‘ 
 
 V • • 
 
 N*8. 
 
 Baliol furrendering the Crown to Edward, 
 
 Painted by J. Opie, R, A. 
 
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 The Duke of York, 
 
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 N- 9; 
 
 Margaret in the Wood attacked by the Robber. 
 
 Painted R. Smirk e, R. A, 
 
 N° 10. 
 
 Alfred in the Houfe of the Neatherd. 
 
 Painted by F. Wheatley, R, A. 
 
 The wife of the neatherd was ignorant of the perfon and condition of her royal gueft; and 
 ©bferving him one day bufy by the fire-fide in trimming his bow and arrows, flie defired him to take 
 care of fome cakes which were toafting, while (he was employed elfewhere in other domeftic affairs. 
 But Alfred, whofe thoughts were otherwife engaged, negleded this injundion; and the good woman) 
 on her return, finding her cakes all burnt, rated the King very feverely, and upbraided him that he 
 always feemed very well pleafed to eat her warm calces, though he was thus negligent in toafting 
 them ,” — Vide Hume, Vol. I. f. 80, oii, edit. 
 
 N* II. 
 
 Mary Queen of Scots making her Efcape from Lochlevin Caftle, 
 
 Painted by R. Smirke, R. A. 
 
 “ While thefe humours were in fermentation, Mary was employed in contrivances for efFeding her 
 efcape ; and fhe engaged, by her charms and carefles, a young gentleman, George Douglas, brother to 
 the laird of Lochlevin, to affift her in that enterprife. She even went To far as to give him hopes of 
 efpouftng her, after her marriage with Bothwel ftiould be diflolved on the plea of force j and fhe propofed 
 this expedient to the regent, who rejeded it. Douglas, however, perfevered in his endeavours to free 
 her from captivity ; and having all opportunities of accefs to the houfe, he was at laft fuccefsfui in the 
 undertaking. He conveyed her in difguife into a fmall boat, and himfelf rowed her afhore » 
 
 Hume, Vol. V, p. 126, o£i, edit. 
 
 N° 12. 
 
 Martyrdom of Archbifhop Cranmer. 
 
 Painted by R. Smirke, R. A. 
 
 « His thoughts feemed wholly occupied with reftedions on his former fault, and he called 
 feveral times “ nk band has offaided." ’ 
 
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 N»i 3. ' 
 
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 Surrender of Calais. 
 
 Painted hy R. Smirke, R. A. 
 
 « It is furprifing that fo generous a prince ftiould ever have entertained fuch a barbarous Durnofe 
 againlt fuch men, and ftill more that he lliould ferioufly perfift in the refolution of executinc f t • b t 
 the intreaties ©f his queen faved his memory from that infamy j fiie threw herfelf on her kneps 
 him, and begged the lives of thefe citizens.” ' 
 
 14.. 
 
 * William the Conqueror receiving the Grown from Edgar 
 
 Atheiing. 
 
 Pdnted hy B, Wfsr, R, . 
 
 N»i5 . 
 
 The Death of Prince Arthur. 
 
 Paitaed ity ^ 
 
 - 
 
 “ John removed Arthur to the Gaftle of, Rouen; ^d» cpijniAg in 3 boat during the night-time to 
 that place, commanded Arthui- to be brought.forth to him. The young prince, aware ciniis danger 
 aninowttwe fubdued by the i^ntinuance orjife anfisfortunesf aal by- the approve* 'of death, threw 
 himfelf on his kn«s before his uncle, and begged 6>r mercy; but the barbarous tyran^ making no 
 reply, ftabbed him 'with his own hands, and faftening a ilpne to the dead body, threw k mto the 
 Seine .” — Vide Hume, Vol. 11. p. 47> odi' edit. 
 
 N“ 16. 
 
 Lady Jane Grey folicited to accept the Crown. 
 
 Painted by R, Smirke, R, A, 
 
 “ Her heart full of this paflion for literature and the elegant arts, and of tendernefs towards her 
 hulband, who was deferving of her affeiftions, had never opened itfelf to the flattering allurements of 
 ambition; and the intelligence of her elevation to the throne was nowife agreeable to her., She even 
 refufedto accept of the prefent ; pleaded the preferable title of the two princefles; exprefled her dread of 
 the confequences attending an enterprife fo dangerous, not to fay criminal ; and delired to remain in 
 the private ftation in which Ihe was born.”— Hume, Vol. IV. p. 369, o 6 i. edit.' 
 
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 N" 17. 
 
 Saint Auguftine preaching to Etheibert, King of Kent. 
 
 Painted by H. Tresham, A. 
 
 “ Auguftine on his arrival in Kent, in the year 597, found the danger much lefs than he had appre - 
 hended. Etheibert, already well-dilpofed towards the Chriftian faith, alligned him a habitation in the 
 iile of Thanet, and foon after admitted him to a Conference., ApprehenUve, however, left fpells or 
 enchantments might be employed againft him by priefts, who brought an unknown worfttip from a 
 diftant country, he had the precaution to receive them in the open air, where he believed the force 
 ©f their magic would be more eafily diftlpated. Here Auguftine, by means of his interpreters, deli- 
 vered to him the tenets of the Chriftian faith, and promifed him eternal joys above, and a kingdom in 
 heaven without end, if he would be perfuaded to receive that falutary do6lrine. “ Your words and pro- 
 mifes,” replied Etheibert, ‘‘ are fair; but, becaufe they are new and uncertain, I cannot entirely yield 
 to them, and relinquifti the principles which I and my anceftors have fo long maintained. You are 
 welcome, however, to remain here in peace; and as you have undertaken fo long a journey, folely, 
 as it appears, for what you believe to be for our advantage, I will fupply you with all necefl'aries, and 
 permit you to deliver your dodtrine to my fubjedts." — Picle Hume, VqI.L p. 34, o£i. edit. 
 
 N« 18. 
 
 Alfred receiving the Royd Un6lioa from Pope Leo the Third. 
 
 Paintedhy R. Westall, R, A. 
 
 “This Prince gave very early marks rf thofe great virtues and fhining talents, by which, during 
 the moft difficult times, he faved his couitry from utter ruin and fubverhon. Ethelwolf, his father, 
 the year after his return with Alfred fron Rome, had again fent the young Prince thither with a 
 numerous retinue : and a report being fpre.d of the King’s death, the Pope Leo HI. gave Alfred the royal 
 un£iion\ whether prognofticating his futur< greatnefs from the appearances of his pregnant genius, or 
 willing to pretend, even in that age, to the right of conferring kingdoms .” — Fide Hume, Vd. I, 
 p, 76, «<f?. edit. 
 
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