Defence of the breach at St Jean d'Acre Product:Framed picture Figure 11 Hylocharis stokesii

Figure 11 Hylocharis stokesii

Supporting notes verso state that 'Out of four transits of Venus visible in this country during the last three hundred years

which was always a subject that occupied Punch

Original: copperplate engraving

TRILITHONS (B AND C) FROM THE SOUTH WEST

Defence of the breach at St Jean d'Acre Product:Framed picture Figure 11 Hylocharis stokesii'Defence of the breach at St Jean d'Acre, May 8th 1799', 1815. Scene from Napoleon's failed attempt to take the city of Acre from the Ottomans and British during his campaign in the Holy Land in 1799. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies from 1799 to 1815, by James Jenkins, 1815.