Privateer Captain Tongrelow


In 1706, Captain Tongrelow was one of the most active and most successful privateers operating off the coast between New York and the West Indies. This lithograph, by American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle (d. 1911) was published in 1895, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. It shows Captain Tongrelow, holding his sword, with his crew behind him and the officers and some crew of the ship he has just taken.


Size: 3480px × 5337px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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