The Capture of Puerto Bello | George Chambers | 1838 Size:18"x12" The approaching vessels have been

The approaching vessels have been caught in a squall denoted by the bargeman standing up left of centre and hurriedly putting on his oilskin jacket

24" x 16" Inches = 61 cm x 40

On 14 November 1854

These are Thames sailing barges with their masts and sails lowered

sighted a strange sail at 03:00 when 120 miles south-west of Cape Finisterre

The Capture of Puerto Bello | George Chambers | 1838 Size:18"x12" The approaching vessels have beenThe Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739. This painting is based on an engraving from a more contemporary painting by Samuel Scott. In the summer of 1739, during a debate in the House of Commons relating to the deteriorating situation with Spain in the West Indies, Captain Edward Vernon claimed he could take the Spanish town of Puerto Bello, Panama, on the north side of the Isthmus of Darien with six ships of the line. He was taken at his word,