Engraving after a painting by Pierre-Jacques-Antoine Volaire, depicting Maltese galleys encircling and firing upon a large Turkish vessel, which flies flags with three crescent moons. The Maltese vessels fly the flag of the Order of St. John. Specators with fishing rods look on from a rock in the foreground at left. The island of Malta is visible in the background at left. Title and production information printed in lower margin.
The date "1565" is inscribed in pencil in the lower margin. The events depicted are part of the Great Siege of Malta, which took place in that year.
