St John d'Acre, Palestine Size:Large: 7 x 5in A Russian is seen creeping

A Russian is seen creeping up on Turkey as he stands watching the bitter fighting between Prussia and France in the background

'Barbed Wire'

To the right a waterman watches another man play skittles

taking part of the Grand Prix de Guipuzcoa

with coats of arms above the door

St John d'Acre, Palestine Size:Large: 7 x 5in A Russian is seen creeping'St John d'Acre, Palestine, 1825. Showing the situation of the 'Tigre' and 'Theseus' during the siege, and the place where the breach was effected by Buonaparte's troops. Napoleon made an unsuccessful attempt to capture the port of Acre in 1799 but was repulsed by the city's Ottoman Turkish defenders aided by a British Royal Navy flotilla.