The Battle of Chesma on the 5th July 1770 by Jacob Philipp Hackert

Watercolour of a naval battle with many sailing warships, gunsmoke, and figures tending wounded men on a rocky shore.

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This watercolour depicts a large fleet of sailing warships under billowing sails engaged in battle, with clouds of gunsmoke drifting across the sea. In the foreground, sailors and figures on a rocky shore tend to wounded men and haul at ropes, while small boats crowd the water.

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1772

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