To Commodore Bainbridge the officers, seamen and Marines of the United States frigate Constitution this view of their Glorious capturing the British frigate Java off the coast of Brazils on the the 29th Xber 1812, ...

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• PUBLISHER: No publisher's name given.

• MEDIUM: Aquatint handcolored,

  DATE: undated, c. 1815.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 1/8 x 18 5/8" (33.2 x 47.2 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Drawn under the direction of a witness of the action by W. G. No publisher or artist identified beyond “W. G.” Title continues “after a sanguinary conflict of 1 hour & 55 minutes, is with respect dedicated to them & the sons of freedom by an admirer of American valour [sic] & patriotism.” <BR> The print depicts the Constitution raking the Java, which has lost all but its lower mainmast and within minutes of surrender. Note the Java’s colors flying from the stump of her mizzenmast.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Fair condition and color. Minor soiling, few mended cracks in sky, trimmed to or just inside plate mark all around, and lined. Ownership inscription on verso.

• REFERENCE: Olds #185.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Naval, Nautical & Marine , Naval