Uncolored engraving depicting a large gunship with three masts drawing up to a shore, at left, with Cowes Castle, a fortified outcrop with a circular bastion, flying a British flag. Smoke rises up from one of the chimneys of a building in the fortified area. A smaller ship is visible at far right. In the background, at left, is a landmass, seemingly connecting up to the fortified area through a curving bay. Artist attribution, title, and "London. Publish'd Feb 24, 1782, by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 53 Fleet Street" are printed in the lower margin.
