Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) Peltro, J., engraver; after Robert Dodd. To the Merchants Trading in Russia . . . the Gallant Defence of Captn. Pearson in His Majesty's Ship Serapis. . . against Paul Jones's Squadron. Engraving, 13 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches; cropped and worn along lower edge with partial loss of caption. [London: John Harris, 1 December 1781]
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A contemporary depiction of the Battle of Flamborough Head, in which the USS Bonhomme Richard defeated HMS Serapis. It was this battle where John Paul Jones was credited with the famous words of defiance, "I have not yet begun to fight!" Here we see the Serapis and Bonhomme Richard lashed together in a death grip while the French-captained USS Alliance pours heavy fire into both of them. Both sides regarded the battle as a victory. This British print expresses gratitude to the captain of the Serapis for successfully covering the escape of a British merchant convoy.