Image credit: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
A painting by American artist Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930), titled Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718, depicting the battle between Blackbeard and Lieutenant Robert Maynard in Ocracoke Bay on the evening of 21 November. After a furious battle, Blackbeard was killed and his head was cut off, eventually being tied to bowsprit of Maynard's ship, where it hung as proof of the infamous Blackbeard's death. Upon returning to his home port of Hampton, Maynard had Blackbeard's head placed on a stake near the mouth of the Hampton River as a warning to other pirates.