Brick — two-masted ship with square sails — Collection of the Maritime and Colonial League

Description

Illustration of a square-sailed brick ship sailing at sea, with the artist's signature J. Hoffmann at the bottom left. Reverse: printed text describing the brick as the most common ship at the beginning of the 19th century, used as a merchant, privateer, or pirate, and mentioning the publisher 'Collection of the Maritime and Colonial League, Paris'.