In this drawing Pocock's inscriptions identify the 'Marlborough' (left) engaging two 'French ships to windward / the Main Mast [i.e. of the centre ship] [later] fell on board the other / French ship to leeward.' Also he has written ‘No.2’ in the top right corner of the sheet: 'No 1' appears to be PAD8699. Pocock appears to have been present at the Battle of the First of June on board the 'Pegasus', one of the frigates in Howe's fleet, which served to repeat signals during the battle from an observing position to windward. By accompanying the fleet Pocock was following the precedent of van de Velde the Elder some 140 years earlier. It is the first instance, which we know of, a professional artist accompanying a fleet with the intention of documenting a battle since van de Velde the Elder. Subsequently Pocock made paintings of the battle, based on the sketches he took on the spot, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1796 and 1797. One of these, showing the duel between 'Brunswick' and 'Vengeur', is in the Museum's collection (BHC0471). The inscribed caption at the bottom is in a 20th-century hand.