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Stefano della Bella|Reverend J. Burleigh James

Combat between several rowboats and ships, two groups of men in rowboats fighting to left, two ships full of combatants to right, other ships and clouds of smoke in the background, from 'Set of eight nautical landscapes' (Suite de huit Marines)

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12.4 × 20.5 cm (4.9 × 8.1 in)

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