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Thomas Rowlandson

Glorious Defeat of the Dutch Navy, Oct. 10, 1797, by Admirals Lord Duncan and Sir Richard Onslow with a View Drawn on the Spot of the Six Dutch Line of Battle Ships captured and brought into Yarmouth

October 22, 1797
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34.2 × 50.8 cm (13.5 × 20 in)

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