Engagement Between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis off Flamborough Head, 1779 Wall Art by Richard Willis

Engagement Between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis off Flamborough Head (1779) by Richard Willis portrays a dramatic naval confrontation set amid rough seas and a cloud-filled sky pierced by light. Large wooden warships clash in a moment of heightened tension, capturing the scale and gravity of eighteenth-century maritime warfare.