Capt. Paul Jones Shooting a Sailor who had Attempted to Strike his Colours in an Engagement by (American Revolution) - 1780

London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1780. Hand colored mezzotint. 14 x 10 1/16 inches (plate mark). Ample margins. Hand colored mezzotint. 14 x 10 1/16 inches (plate mark). "I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight" The final, and rarest, of three known versions of the print, each with varying images but the same title (the preceding two done by Carington Bowles), each depicting John Paul Jones preventing his master gunner from surrendering to the British during the engagement with the H.M.S. Serapis at Flamborough Head. "Since Jones was such a terror to the English nation, no effort was spared to characterize him as a rogue" (Smith)

This Sayer & Bennett issue is considerably more rare on the market than the one issued by Bowles and is here with full period gouache hand coloring. Smith American Naval Broadsides p. 24