National Army Museum

Taking the City of Buenos Ayres by the British Force

line engraving, engraving

Accession Number

NAM.1971-02-33-87-1

Description

Taking the City of Buenos Ayres by the British Force, 27 June 1806. Line engraving, published by T and R Hughes, 1806. Associated with the Capture of Buenos Aires, Napoleonic Wars, South America (1804-1807) 1806.

Events

Buenos Aires, Capture of, 1806 (Napoleonic Wars, South America 1804-1807)

Units

British Army

71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot

People

Beresford, Sir William Carr, 1st Viscount

Hughes, T and R

Dimensions

Width: 14 in Text: 4 in Part 1: 19.25 in Part 1: 15.25 in

Inscriptions

centre ‘The TREASURE taken at BUENOS AYRES brought to the BANK’ bottom ‘The British Troops / entering the Citadel’ left ‘The Spanish Governor / surrendering the Keys to / General Beresford’ right ‘The British Flag / placed on / the Ramparts’ bottom left ‘Firing a Salute on the / British Flag being hoisted’ bottom right ‘Published Novr 18th 1806, by T and R Hughes No 35, Ludgate Street.’