An English Ship in Action with Barbary Corsairs | Willem van de Velde the Younger | 1680 Size:24"x18" A Russian squadron under Count

A Russian squadron under Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov and Admiral Grigory Spiridov

embodying Britain’s sorrow

1664–1700) is a dramatic depiction of a naval battle between European warships and Barbary corsairs

this map covers the American coast from Virginia

This imagined coastal scene

An English Ship in Action with Barbary Corsairs | Willem van de Velde the Younger | 1680 Size:24"x18" A Russian squadron under CountAn action between an English two decker and a Barbary two decker, showing three small ships and four galleys. Although naval historians are unable to relate the action to a specific event, the painting significantly identifies the danger to English ships from such pirates during the 1660s and 70s and was initially thought to show the 'Kingfisher' in action in 1681. In the left foreground is an English two decker, in starboard bow view, with a light