Defence of the Breach at St Jean D'Acre by Sir Sidney Smith Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Defence of the Breach at St Jean D'Acre by Sir Sidney Smith NPG D1367
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by and published by Anthony Fogg, after William Hamilton
An energetic, capable and boastful naval commander, Sir Sydney Smith used his two ships to bring reinforcements to the beleaguered Turkish defenders of Acre and so stopped the advance of Napoleon's army through Syria; after a short siege the French marched away towards Egypt and ultimate surrender.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










