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Jarry killed in battle with the English, 1783, print, historical print, The privateer ship 'de Vlissinger' of privateer captain Nicolas Jarry in battle with an English warship, Jarry is killed in battle, January 1783., printmaker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), Northern Netherlands, after drawing by Jacobus Buys, 1791, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, proof print before the letter, height 237 mm x width 155 mm, Used as illustration: PA Loosjes. Patriotic History, Containing the History of the United Netherlands, In the immediate continuation of Wagenaar's Patriotic History, Vol. 6. Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, Vol. VI, 1791., Person, Nicolas Jarry, battle (naval force), Fourth English War, Period, 1783-01, An engraved scene shows several sailing ships on rippling water beneath a sky filled with swirling, textured clouds, with one prominent ship in the foreground displaying billowing sails, masts, rigging, and a visible bowsprit, alongside smaller vessels with furled and partially unfurled sails and tall spars, while smoke or mist rises near the waterline and fine linework defines waves, hull details, and distant ships on the horizon.
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