Gravure allegorique combats de Suffren en Inde en 1782, Nicolas Ponce, circa 1784

Allegorical engraving on the fighting of suffren on the coromandel coast (india). Approximate translation: in 1782, suffren leads four fighting against the english on the coromandel coast. This officer demonstrates his talent by taking the enemies a vessel of line and over a hundred vessels (trade or the company of the indies). Date: circa 1784.