Description

Half of a print showing two historic vessel types; this half shows only the lower vessel, a British warship, side view. She is shown without spars, rigging, or sails, and everything below the waterline is drawn as a simple outline. The following information is printed above the image: "The "Speaker" an English Second Rate of 54 Guns, built about the Year 1640. NB. This was the Flag Ship of Vice Admiral Penn, in the engagement with the Dutch Fleet. Feby. the 18, 19, and 20, 1652."

Engraver attribution below the ship; in the lower margin is printed, "Published as the Act directs Novr. 10, 1796, by R. Faulder Bond Street."