CAPTURE OF TABASCO - June 16, 1847
Henry Walke.
Toned Lithograph. Sarony & Major, NY. 1847.
The three-masted steamer Scorpion,
leaving a considerable wake, leads the two-masted steamer Spitfire, towing the schooner-gunboat Bonita in a dramatic dash
past Fort Iturbide toward Villahermosa. The Bonita's crew readies a 32-pound carronade as the Spitfire sports a canvas awning.
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