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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: KN-10953 (Color)

Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812

Oil on canvas, 46" x 64", attributed to Thomas Birch (1779-1851). It depicts Constitution standing off the dismasted British frigate's bow, as the latter strikes her flag in surrender.

Painting in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum. Bequest of Mrs. Walter Jennings, 1949.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 565 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-10953

 

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14 February 2003