Mezzotint: Johann Paul Iones. Befehlshaber einer Schwadron in Diensten der 13 Vereinigten Provinzen von Nord-Amerika. 1779.
Augsburg: J.J. Haid und Sohn, c. 1779.
Price: $4,500.00
About the item
Engraved by Johann Haid. 14 x 10.25 inches, sight. Framed. Provenance: Estate of Viscount David Eccles.
Item #247660
Excellent, iconic portrait of American naval officer and hero John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Jones is depicted three-quarter length, in uniform, holding a telescope in his right arm. To the rear are a towering cliff and a burning ship. Jones is considered America’s most famous naval hero of the Revolution, and the British reviled him as a pirate because of his raids along the Irish coast and his bold attack on the British port of Whitehaven. His greatest victory was the capture of the British Serapis by his flagship Bonhomme Richard in 1779.
