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The mutiny at the Nore, 1797.
Discontent among sailors at the Nore led to a mutiny on May 12, 1797.
This painting shows the leader, Richard Parker, handing the
mutineers' terms to Vice-Admiral Buckner on board the
battleship Sandwich.
From a mezzotint published July, 1797. From J.G. Bullocke,
Sailors' Rebellion (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938) 246.
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