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File:Serapis and Bonhomme Richard.jpg

Serapis_and_Bonhomme_Richard.jpg ‎(578 × 377 pixels, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Engraving of the famous sea-battle involving John Paul Jones based on the painting "Action Between the Serapis and Bonhomme Richard" by Richard Paton.
Date published 1780
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