L'escadre françoise entrant dans la Delaware et chassant la frégate la Mermaid

Photograph shows four ships breaking away from the French fleet under the command of Comte d'Estaing in pursuit of the British ship Mermaid; the French fleet arrived in the Delaware Bay on July 8, 1778. Includes legend below title.

Original wash drawings Available in the Ozanne map collection in the Geography and Maps Division, Library of Congress.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 279.