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 (540 × 429 pixels, file size: 56 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title | The Brilliant Achievement of the Shannon ... in Boarding and Capturing the United States Frigate Chesapeake off Boston, June 1st 1813 in Fifteen Minutes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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institution QS:P195,Q1199924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accession number | PAH8127. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | [1]. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Prints and Drawings Catalogue, National Maritime Museum, London. |
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