A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS OF ACTIONS DURING THE AMER...

Hammer

£550

A PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS OF ACTIONS DURING THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

after Dominic Serres, mounted in contemporary-style frames and depicting H.M.S. Mediator attacking the Flute Menagere and Alexander 1782; and H.M.S. Mediator preparing to attack five enemy ships off the coast of Ferrol -- 18½ x 23in. (47 x 58.5cm.) each

(2, a pair)

Admiral William Henry Smyth (1788-1865) and thence by descent.