English Regency naval officer and a Spanish gentleman after a duel with pistols. Admiral Bowsprit stands over the unconscious Castilian Rodrigo. An officer holds a pistol, while a Spanish second goes to help his friend. 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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