Engagement between Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, and two great French Carricks (BM 1872,0113.1134)
Summary
Vessels close-hauled, longbowmen left facing crossbowmen right, man about to hurl object from the crow's nest of Warwick's ship transfixed by arrow, while a man armed with spear in other crow's nest is about to suffer same fate; illustration to Hervey's Naval History. c.1779
Etching and engraving
Date
1779
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain