Combat Memorable Entre le Pearson et Paul Jones

Description

Sheet size: 34×47 cm. Augsbourg. Circa 1785. One sheet. Copperplate engraving. Good, piece of lower margin torn off to the plate line short tear at the lower right plate line has an old repair. margins soiled, light damstain affecting the text below the ipicture. Rare print of the famous battle between the Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, and the Serapis, commanded by Captain Richard Pearson in 1779. Title printed as a mirror image. weight: 0.1 lb.