This hand-coloured aquatint depicts the capture of the Spanish ship ‘Santa Dorotea’ by the English ‘Lion’ on 15th July, 1798. The ‘Lion’ is in the centre right of the picture and the ‘Santa Dorotea’ on the far right. Both ships are firing broadsides at one another, while the ‘Lion’ is also firing at another Spanish ship attacking on her port side. The action is brightly lit, with the intense white gunsmoke emphasised by a darker foreground sea.