Portraits of Shields, Obrien and Benzelstierna, Portraits of the trio consisting of the Englishman Shields, the Irish captain Obrien and the Swedish adventurer Lars Benzelstierna. Three busts to the left, in circular frame. With caption in French (right) and in Danish (left). The three were responsible for setting fire to ships of the Russo-Danish fleet in Copenhagen harbor in 1789 during the Russo-Swedish War.

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