During the American Revolution, George Washington, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, approved a plan to kidnap a British Royal Navy Admiral and a 17-year-old midshipman. The plot was ...

There are 72 drawings, all but 10 signed by Raper. George Raper (c1767-97) was a midshipman in the Royal Navy who sailed on HMS Sirius. His work was executed in a style typical of British naval ...