Artist/Maker
Thomas Buttersworth
(1768 - 1842)
Running Action Between the US Frigate "President" and HMS "Endymion"
1815
Oil on canvas
Overall: 16 x 22 in. ( 40.6 x 55.9 cm )
Framed: 18 3/4 × 24 × 2 3/4 in. (47.6 × 61 × 7 cm)
Framed: 18 3/4 × 24 × 2 3/4 in. (47.6 × 61 × 7 cm)
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
1963.59
This painting was purchased by the donor from the Old Print Shop, New York City, in 1959. The scene it depicts is identical to the scene shown in aquatints by Joseph Jeakes that were engraved after paintings by Buttersworth and published in London on June 1, 1815.
DescriptionMarine view depicting January 15, 1815, confrontation between U.S. Frigate President and H.M.S. Endymion.SignedSigned at lower left: "T. Buttersworth."
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Thomas Buttersworth
ca. 1815
1963.69
Carlton Theodore Chapman
1896
1925.114
Carlton Theodore Chapman
1895
1925.113
