English Regency naval officer captures an Arab assassin
An English naval officer captures an Arab assassin. Admiral Bowsprit with cutlass drawn interrogates a disarmed Moor in turban and harem pants. Other sailors stand over the bodies of dead assassins. A moonlit Islamic cemetery, minaret and dome in the background. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Williams from The Post Captain, or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer, J. Johnston, London, 1817. Attributed to Alfred Thornton or John Mitford
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