Object Number 1957.0815 A

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

AMERICAN FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE, Crippled and thrown into utter disorder by the two first broadsides fired from H.M.S. SHANNON.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Louis Haghe (Lithographer)
1806-1885
Known as a master of the hand-tinted lithograph.

John Christian Schetky (Painter)
1778-1874

Captain R. H. King R.N. (Designer)

Smith, Elder, and Co. (Publisher)
c. 1830-c. 1917

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1820-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Painted by J. C. Schetky Esq.\re & On Stone by L. Haghe.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Designed by Capt. R. H. King, R. N.

Subjects

Maritime; Naval history; Seascape; Military

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14.6 (H) , 18.1 (W) , 12.3 (Image H) , 16.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37.2 (H) , 46 (W) , 12.3 (Image H) , 16.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Smith, Elder, and Co.

Publication Date

1830

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 110, pp. 175.