In the foreground of the painting is a barge with a howitzer in the bows and a lieutenant standing at her tiller. To the left of her are two boats, one sunk and the other with sailors rescuing the crew. In the right foreground is a fallen spar and another barge with a carronade in her bow. Beyond her more boats are sheltering under the 'Impregnable', 98 guns, the fore part of whose bow is in the picture. In the left middle distance there are three more boats under the stern of the 'Minden', 74 guns, one of which is about to fire a Congreve rocket. The 'Minden', in port-quarter view, is firing her starboard guns, and partly masks the 'Superb' also in port-quarter view. More boats are sheltering under the port side of their hulls. In the left background can be seen the forepart of the Dutch flagship 'Melampus', 40 guns, in starboard-broadside view and ahead of her the stern of a British frigate. In the middle and right background is the 'Queen Charlotte', 100 guns, in port-quarter view, flying Pellew's blue admiral's flag at the main, and a glimpse of the 'Leander', 50 guns, ahead of her. They are engaged with the batteries of the harbour, engulfed in flame, and the ships burning within it. Above the smoke Algiers can be seen rising up the hills behind.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Chambers_(painter)" class="extiw" title="w:George Chambers (painter)"><b>George Chambers, Sen.</b> (1803-1840)</a></div>
1836<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1836-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
1. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=BHC0617">National Maritime Museum</a><br>2. James Taylor, <i>Marine Painting: Images of Sail, Sea, and Shore</i>, Smithmark, London 1995, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8317-1572-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-8317-1572-3">ISBN 0-8317-1572-3</a>