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Watercolor of a British frigate under sail with a rowing boat and smaller sloop on choppy water, dated 1797.

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A frigate with billowing sails and a British ensign rides the choppy water, with a rowing boat of seamen alongside and a smaller sloop on the right. A larger ship with tall masts and a distant shoreline appear in the background under a hazy, cloud-filled sky.

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1797

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