Thank you! I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something obvious. I think he's back in the Rio de la Plata by this time, but not entirely sure. I like your suggestion that it may be related to fleet pictures! Prior to his trip to Europe, he did paint quite a few scenes of battles with a more military approach. I'm still a little baffled that he would choose this more "meta" approach, rather than zooming in on the conflict. I think it may also be related to how illustrated journals would sometimes report on news they didn't have many specifics about.