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USS Constitution

Oil Paintings, Water Color Paintings and Lithographs

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Constitution 88k Photo of the earliest known contemporary image of USS Constitution. It is a gouache painted in 1803, and attributed to Michel Fellice Corne. Close analysis of the image has shown it to be extremely accurate in both proportion and detail when compared to existing documentation of the time. (Note: the "1804" in the "Attach" line is in error.) CDR Ty Martin USN Ret. 49th CO USS Constitution
Constitution 226k TITLE: The Capture of HBM. frigate Java by the U.S. frigate Constitution after an action of 1 hour, 55 minutes
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Sarony--Capture of HBM frigate Java (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-5215 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [New York] : Sarony & Major, c1846.
From the Library of Congress		 Tom Kermen
Constitution 115k US Frigate USS Constitution (background) after her engagement with the British Frigate HMS Java (foreground) shown blowing up after being scuttled on 29 December 1812.
Painting is from the Beverley Robinson Collection, US Naval Academy Museum. Photo from "Broadsides", by Nathan Miller.		 Robert Hurst
Constitution 76k USS Constitution escaping from a British squadron of HMS Shannon, HMS Belvidera, HMS Aeolus and HMS Guerriere, July 1812, by F. Muller.
US Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C.).		 Robert Hurst
Constitution 109k "Chase of the Constitution, July 1812" - Painting by Anton Otto Fischer, depicting the boats of USS ConstitutionCourtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katrina S. Fischer. US Naval Historical Center
Constitution 77k Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812: "The Engagement"
Oil on canvas, 32" x 48", by Michel Felice Corne (1752-1845), depicting the two frigates sailing toward each other at the commencement of the battle. Constitution is shown on the right, with crewmen working aloft.
Painting in the collections of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, transferred from the Navy Department in 1869.
US Navy photo # KN-14236 (Color).		 Robert M. Cieri
Constitution 87k Oil on canvas of USS Constitution capturing HMS Guerriere, by Samuel Seymour, circa 1812-15.
The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia.		 Robert Hurst
Constitution 75k Hand-colored lithograph by Nathanial Currier, 1846, of USS Constitution capturing HMS Java.
Library of Congress		 Robert Hurst
Constitution 94k USS Constitution towing HMS Cyane, captured 28 February 1815, artist unknown.
Library of Congress		 Robert Hurst
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