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Image Title: Combat Memorable Entre Le Pearson Et Paul Jones, circa 1779

Creator: Leizelt, Balthasar Friedrich, engraver

Date: Between 1779 and 1790

Summary: Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779.

Notes: Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 310.

Related Names: Paton, Richard, 1717-1791

Subjects: Jones, John Paul,--1747-1792--Military service
Naval warfare--1770-1780
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations

Original Media: Engraving|Etching

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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