Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Engagement between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and H.M.S. Java
Object Number:
1925.115
Date:
1897
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)
Framed: 36 3/4 × 49 × 4 3/4 in. (93.3 × 124.5 × 12.1 cm)
Marks:
Signed and dated lower left: Carlton T. Chapman / 1897
Description:
Marine view depicts the termination of the engagement, with the Java completely dismasted; Java on the right; Constitution on the far left; lefboat with crew members of the Java in foregroud on the right; another lifeboat is located in back of the Java; smoke burned from the burned wreck fills the air.
Credit Line:
The Naval History Society Collection (John Sanford Barnes Foundation)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
