Engagement between Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, and two great French Carricks (BM 1872,0113.1134)

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Engagement between Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, and two great French Carricks (BM 1872,0113.1134)

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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
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1779
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