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Supposed form of an ANCIENT GALLEY of the first magnitude or Rate having forty banks of Oars.
Uncolored aquatint depicting a side view of a trireme (galley with three rows of oars) with forty oar-banks, only six of which are replete with oars. There are two masts, and at the bow is a figurehead in the form of a lion's head holding an arrow, and a battering ram. The ship flies a flag identifying it as Roman, emblazoned with the letters "SPQR" (i.e., of the senate and people of Rome). Scale printed below image. Title printed above. Artist attributions and "Publish'd as the Act directs Novr. 10, 1796, by R. Faulder Bond Street."
