Dedicated by Permission to the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. [Constitution and Java].

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• ARTIST: Nicholas Pocock

• PUBLISHER: Jan, 1, 1814, published by Messrs. Boydell & Co., No. 90 Cheapside, and Colnaghi & Co., Cockspur Street London.

• MEDIUM: Aquatint and engraving handcolored,

  DATE: 1814

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 14 x 17 3/4" (353 x 453 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Drawn and Etch'd by N. Pocock, from a Sketch by Lieutenant Buchanan. Engraved by R. & D. Havell. Title continues "Plate 3d. The JAVA totally dismasted endeavouring to Wear by assistance of a Fury Staysail hoisted to the Stump of the Foremast and Bowsprit; the CONSTITUTION Crossing her Bow in a Raking Position, Compels her to Surrender at 50 Min: past 5." This is the third plate from a set of four that shows one of the three major battles that the U.S.S. Constitution fought during the War of 1812.

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• CONDITION: Good condition with original handcoloring.

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