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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 1999

Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


Line engraving by Rogers after Chapin, published circa the mid-19th Century by Virtue, Emmons & Co., New York. It depicts the British frigate Guerriere (incorrectly spelled "Gurriere" on the print) in the foreground after she was dismasted, with USS Constitution beyond.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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18 February 2003