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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 85210-A-KN (color) Continental Ship Columbus (1775-1778) Painting in oils by W. Nowland Van Powell, depicting Columbus, under the command of Captain Abraham Whipple, bringing in the British brig Lord Lifford, while operating off the New England coast in 1776. This photo includes the decorative frame made by the artist. See Photo # 85210-KN for a view of this painting without the frame. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Donation of the Memphis Council, U.S. Navy League, 1976. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 505 pixels

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12 May 2003