Uncolored engraving depicting men on board ship during a naval battle. At the centre of the composition, three men hold aloft Captain Lawrence, who holds a bloody kerchief to his abdomen and stretches out one arm. Behind him, men with cutlasses and rifles attempt to hold back a boarding party with hatchets coming from the right. The artist attributions and the following information are printed in the lower margin:
"Death of Captain Lawrence. "Don't give up the ship"
From the original painting in the possession of the Publishers. New York, Martin, Johnson & Co. Publishers. Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1858 by Martin, Johnson, & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of New York."
