Two English Regency naval officers in the captain's cabin before a battle with the French during the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Bowsprit consoles First Lieutentant Mizen. The cabin is equipped with desk, carpet, curtains and a large cannon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Williams from The Post Captain, or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer, J. Johnston, London, 1817. Attributed to Alfred Thornton or John Mitford.

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