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Hand-colored etching depicting a naval battle between two vessels seen in side view. Front and left, the French ship "La Guerri̬re", her foremast snapped, flying the French flag; behind and to the right, the British frigate "Blanche", flying the British naval jack. The Union Jack in the canton has been poorly and splotchily rendered by the colorist.


naval battles
1806-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Whitcombe, T.; Sutherland, Thomas
ink; paper; color wash
6 1/4 in x 9 in
Britain

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