An engraving after John Singleton Copley's painting of the death of Major Francis Peirson at the Battle of Jersey in 1781. The print is accompanied by a booklet explaining the events depicted.

After French forces invaded Jersey in January 1781, the island was defended by the Jersey militia and the British garrison. The commander of the garrison, Major Peirson, was shot and killed during the fighting. Copley's painting shows Peirson's body being held by his colleagues, while his black servant, Pompey, shown just to the left of the central group, shoots the sniper who has killed Peirson.

Copley's painting was commissioned by the publisher John Boydell, who issued this print after the work in 1796. Copley included portraits of many of the officers in his painting (which is now in Tate Britain, inventory N00733), and based the figure of Pompey on James Christie's black servant, whose name is not known.