Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome surreal black and white "Decatur's Struggle with the Algerines". Line engraving by W. Ridgway after an artwork by F.O. Darley, published during the 19th Century. It depicts the battle on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the U.S. Navy's bombardment of Tripoli, 3 August 1804. Lieutenant Stephen Decatur is in the center, engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Powell Collection. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 2385. "Decatur's Struggle with the Algerines". Line engraving by W. Ridgway after an artwork by F.O. Darley, published during the 19th Century. It depicts the battle on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the U.S. Navy's bombardment of Tripoli, 3 August 1804. Lieutenant Stephen Decatur is in the center, engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Powell Collection. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 2385. |