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The desperate Fight of Captain Pearson of the Serapis and Paul Jones, Commander of the Bon Homme Richard, on the 23rd day of September, 1779

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Engraving and etching

Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Charles Allen Munn 1924

James Fittler (Artist) Daniel Lerpinière (Artist) After Richard Paton (Artist) John Boydell (Publisher) John Paul Jones (Subject) Captain Richard Pearson (Subject)

Title: The desperate Fight of Captain Pearson of the Serapis and Paul Jones, Commander of the Bon Homme Richard, on the 23rd day of September, 1779

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Engraving and etching.

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