Handbill, 300 x 185 mm. a little frayed. Broke of the Shannon won great renown during the War of 1812 by capturing the U.S.S. Shannon, during which engagement he was wounded by a cutlas to the head from which he was lucky to survive. It did mean the end of his naval career. He was presented with a large silver salver by the order of the gentlemen of Suffolk by the silversmith Solomon Hougham, and centrally decorated to a design a Mr Bevil, jeweller of Ipswich. This aquatint of the design was subsequently commissioned, engraved by Henry Meyer.

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[Prospectus] To be Published, (By Subscription) a Highly-finished Engraving of the Superb Silver Plateau, Commemorative of the Skill and Courage Displayed by Captain Sir P.B.V. Broke, Bart. of His Majesty's Frigate The Shannon, in the Boarding and Capture of the American Frigate, The Chesapeake.

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[1816]

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Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller
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