2-637-081 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Fight of the Mary Rose', 1669. The Battle of Cádiz, December 1669, a battle between the English fourth-rate frigate HMS 'Mary Rose', commanded by Rear-Admiral John Kempthorne, and a group of seven pirate ships operating out of Algiers. The battle was recorded and etched by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) at the time of the battle. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]