ARTIST: Elkanah Tisdale
PUBLISHER: Published by Barber Badger, Boston.
MEDIUM: Copper engraving,
DATE: 1816.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 7/8 x 4 1/8" (176 x 105 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Scarce allegorical title page for "The Naval Temple," an illustrated history of early American naval battles. On a stone table hidden among the temple's sea-washed columns are the names of American naval heroes, including Bainbridge, Decatur, Hull, Perry, Macdonough, Lawrence and Porter. At left is a ship's boat flying an oversize American flag.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition.
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