Captain Pellew of the Psyche attacking two Dutch Frigates (unlettered)

A depiction of the ‘Psyche’, commanded by Captain Fleetwood Pellew, capturing the Dutch armed merchant ship ‘Resolute’ and the Dutch 24-gun ‘Scipio’ near Samarang, Java, on 31 August 1807. The ‘Psyche’ is shown in the foreground. Aquatint.

Object Details

ID: PAH8054
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Pocock, Nicholas
Vessels: Phaeton (1782); Scipio (1784)
Date made: 1782; 31 Aug 1807
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 427 x 599 mm; Mount: 607 mm x 836 mm