Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Capture of H.B.M. Sloop-of-War "Frolic" by the U.S. Sloop-of-War "Wasp"
Object Number:
1939.599
Date:
after 1816
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 8 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Label affixed bottom center: Wasp and Frolic. Label affixed on reverse.
Inscriptions:
Etiquette on mount inscribed in black ink: "Wasp and Frolic."; label attached to reverse of board at upper right inscribed in graphite: "painted by Garneray / No 109 faubourg St Denis"; label attached at center in green ink: "The United States Sloop of war / Wasp Cne Jnes Jacob boarding and / taking the British Brig Frolic / Cne Whinyates the 17 october 1812 / between halifax and Bermuda after / a Close action of 43 minutes / State of the Ships Wasp 18 guns monted / Frolic 22 dto dto"
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James Barnes
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
