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The Engagement between HM Frigate “Java” and the USS “Constitution”, 29 December 1812 [Plate 1]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 2]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 1]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
HM Frigate “Achates” off Dover
Thomas Whitcombe (1763 - 1824)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 4]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 1]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 3]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
The Engagement between HM Frigate “Java” and the USS “Constitution”, 29 December 1812 [Plate 2]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Frigates off Rame Head, Cornwall
Thomas Luny (1759 - 1837)
The Engagement between HM Frigate “Java” and the USS “Constitution”, 29 December 1812 [Plate 4]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
The Engagement between HM Frigate “Java” and the USS “Constitution”, 29 December 1812 [Plate 3]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14 February 1797
Robert (after) Cleveley (1747 - 1809)
William Anderson (1757 - 1837)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 4]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 2]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
H.M. Frigate “Endymion” off Plymouth
Thomas Luny (1759 - 1837)
Engagement of Frigates “Java” & “Constitution” [Plate 3]
Lieutenant Buchanan
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
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