Image: Nicholas Cammillieri - Combat du Corsaire 'La Mouche' (cropped)

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Description: Inscription: 'On the 14 Germinal year 7 of the French Republic, in the Bay of Colonia on the coast of Spain, 4-hour long fight of the privateer Mouche, armed with an 8-pounder swivel gun, under Captain Jean Adrian, against a 16-nine-pounder gun cutter, to recapture the prize called Lavantoroso (?) which said privateer had captured the previous night while [the cutter] was escorting [the contested prize]'. Signed and dated 'Nicolas Cammillieri pinxit 1811' bottom right. watercolour on paper with ink-drawn borders. Sheet size: 18 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. (46.4 x 61.3cm) Provenance: Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Auction: Freeman's July 14, 2021 Philadelphia, PA, USH0062-L258652750
Usage Terms: Public domain

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