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Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake and H.M.S. Shannon
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake and H.M.S. Shannon
Artist/Maker (English, 1759 - 1837)

Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake and H.M.S. Shannon

Oil on canvas (mounted on wood)
Overall: 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. ( 21.3 x 26 cm )
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
1963.38
On June 1, 1813, the United States frigate Chesapeake, 36 guns, Captain James Lawrence, accepted a challenge to combat from the British frigate, Shannon, 38 guns, Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, and sailed from Boston harbor to meet her adversary awaiting her off the Massachusetts coast. After an engagement of only fifteen minutes, the Chesapeake was boarded and captured and was taken as a prize to Halifax. The name of the artist is cited from an old label pasted on the reverse.
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Engagement between the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake and H.M.S. Shannon
Engagement between the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake and H.M.S. Shannon
Unidentified artist
1801-1824
1963.39
Engagement between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Engagement between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Unidentified artist
1800-1899
1943.439
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Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Edward J. Russell
1904
1932.172
Running Action Between the U.S. Frigate President and H.M.S. Endymion
Running Action Between the U.S. Frigate President and H.M.S. Endymion
Thomas Buttersworth
ca. 1815
1963.69
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
John Allan Wright
1813
1963.67
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Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Unidentified artist
ca. 1813
1963.66
Image Not Available for Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Robert Dodd
1953.192
Image Not Available for Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Robert Dodd
1813
1943.485
Image Not Available for Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Robert Dodd
1813
1943.486
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Engagement between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Java"
Carlton Theodore Chapman
1896
1925.114
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and H.M.S Java
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and H.M.S Java
Unidentified artist
n.d.
1963.50
Engagement between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Java"
Engagement between the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and H.M.S. "Java"
Carlton Theodore Chapman
1897
1925.115