2-715-045 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Lord Exmouth's Fleet bombarding the City of Algiers', 1816. Lord Exmouth (1757-1833) led British naval ships in the Bombardment of Algiers, 1816, an attack on the harbour defences of Algiers in an attempt to negotiate and end to the practise of European slavery. From "The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Vol. III", by Hewson Clarke, Esq. [T. Kinnersley, Limited, London, 1816]