Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln
Date:
April, 1865
Object Number:
PR.011.10
Medium:
Albumen print, carte-de-visite photograph
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Capture of the H.M.S. "Macedonian" by the U.S. Frigate "United States"
Object Number:
1939.600
Date:
after 1816
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and graphite on paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 21.6 cm )
Marks:
Title: on cardboard mount in ink:"United States and Macedonian"
Hand-written inscription: on reverseof mount:"painted by Garneray / No 109 faubourg St. Denis"
Hand-written caption: pasted on reverse in ink:"The United States Frigate the / United States
Inscriptions:
Etiquette on mount inscribed in black ink: "United States and Macedonian."; label attached to reverse of board at lower right inscribed in graphite: "painted by Garneray / No 109 faubourg St Denis"; label attached at center in green ink: "the United States Frigate the / United States Cdore Decatur / capturing British Frigate / Macedonian Cne Carden after / having Dismasted her the 25th / of October 1812 / State of the Ships / United States 54 guns / Macdeonian 49"
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James Barnes
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
