Keywords: HMS Mary Rose and pirates.jpg Artwork Elisha Kirkall c 1682-1742 This image appears in William Laird Clowes ed The Royal Navy A History From the Earliest Times to the Present Vol 2 London 1898 where it is described according to its caption as HMS Mary Rose 48 guns Captain John Kempthorne in a battle with seven Algerine pirate ships between Salé and Tangier December 8th 1669 Clowes states that the painting is ascribed to van de Velde the younger In reality the painting's creator and subject are both uncertain; the action it depicts is likely that of Morgan Kempthorne see Mariner's mirror volume 12 1926 and the painting upon which the engraver Elisha Kirkall based the engraving may be a copy by Cornelius van de Velde of one by van de Velde the younger unknown engraving unknown See color version and additional information here other versions PD-old-100 Elisha Kirkall Willem van de Velde II Corsair Wars Mezzotints Pirate ships in art Unlawful acts of pirates |