Dec 12, 2002 - Sale 1955

Sale 1955 - Lot 315

Price Realized: $ 748
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ENGRAVING OF JOHN PAUL JONES'S VICTORY (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Paton, Richard; after. Combat Memorable . . . entre le Capitaine Pearson commandant le Serapis, et Paul Jones commandant le Bon-Homme-Richard et son Escadre. Hand-colored engraving, 365x510 mm, ample margins; a bit soiled and toned overall, short repaired tear in the lower margin; matted and framed. Paris: Esnauts et Rapilly, circa 1780

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Believed to be after Richard Paton's painting, with the view reversed and the incorrect date of the battle in the text below the image. Smith, American Naval Broadsides 17 [with a different publisher].