£480
James Hardy XX Maritime, Oil on canvas laid on board, A Naval Bombardment of Algiers (1816), Signed lower right, 24 x 36''. Unusually large for this artist, The Bombardment of Algiers was an attempt by Britain and the Netherlands to end the slavery practices of Omar Agha , the Dey of Algiers. An Anglo-Dutch fleet attacked , under the command of Admiral Lord Exmouth , and bombarded ships and the harbour defences of the port of Algiers, freeing 3000 Slaves.
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