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The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enemy's fire ships and galleys on the 16 Augst. 1776 / engrav'd from the original picture by S. Serres from a sketch of Sir James Wallace's.

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The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enemy's fire ships and galleys on the 16 Augst. 1776 / engrav'd from the original picture by S. Serres from a sketch of Sir James Wallace's.

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Print shows American ships attacking the British warships Phoenix and Rose on the Hudson River in New York.

Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781.
This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975.
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. 264.

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01/01/1778
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Wallace, James, Sir, 1731-1803, artist
Serres, Dominic, 1719-1793, artist
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824.
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