W_Elmes,_The_Brilliant_Achievement_of_the_Shannon_..._in_Boarding_and_Capturing_the_United_States_Frigate_Chesapeake_off_Boston,_June_1st_1813_in_Fifteen_Minutes_(1813).jpg
Summary
The Brilliant Achievement of the Shannon ... in Boarding and Capturing the United States Frigate Chesapeake off Boston, June 1st 1813 in Fifteen Minutes. ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
W. Elmes, artist and engraver.
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Title |
The Brilliant Achievement of the
Shannon
... in Boarding and Capturing the United States Frigate
Chesapeake
off Boston, June 1st 1813 in Fifteen Minutes.
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Description |
A depiction of the naval battle between
Royal Navy
frigate
H.M.S.
Shannon
and the
American frigate
U.S.S.
Chesapeake
off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in June 1813.
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Date | August 1813. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Aquatint . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 410 mm (16.14 in); width: 518 mm (20.39 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,410U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,518U174789
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
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Current location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
PAH8127.
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References | [1] . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Prints and Drawings Catalogue, National Maritime Museum, London . |
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