Creator: Knight, Ellis Cornelia, 1757-1837 / Subject Heading: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

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