Engraving
- Title:
- United States Squadron Under Com. Bainbridge Returning Triumphant from the Mediterranean in 1815
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1940.008.16
- Creator:
- Fanning, J. B.; Smith, George Girdler (1795-1878)
Engraver ; Bowen, Abel (1790-1850) - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Hand-colored engraving, United States Squadron Under Com. Bainbridge Returning Triumphant from the Mediterranean in 1815, engraved by George Girdler Smith (1795-1858), after J.B. Fanning, published by Abel Bowen (1790-1850),c. 1815. Ink and watercolor on paper. Horizontal oval image with stipple engraving. U.S. Navy ship squadron after the Second Barbary War, 1815. 13 ships in lines of four and five on choppy seas. At bottom left edge of image: "J.B. Fanning Des." At bottom right edge of image: "G.G. Smith Sc." Imprinted below image, "ENGRAVED FOR THE NAVAL MONUMENT / United States Squadron Under Com. Bainbridge returning triumphant from the Mediterranean / in 1815". Below title and columned below the three lines of ships are names of the ships: First column; 4 ships, "Macedonian / Firefly / Torch / Boxer". Second column; 5 ships, "Independence / Spark / Saranac / Enterprize / Lynx". Third column; 4 ships, "Congress / Chippewa / Spitfire / Flambeau". At lower center: "Entered According to Act of Congress Nov. 25. 1815. by A. Bowen Boston". Tape label on backing paper with ink inscription: "Gift from / M.H. Jewell / 1940". Wood frame painted black with gilded exterior edge, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-8.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Possibly published in "The Naval Monument, Containing Official and Other Accounts Of All The Battles Fought Between the Navies of the United States and Great Britain During The Late War." Boston: Abel Bowen, 1816.
Commodore William Bainbridge (1774-1833) commanded a U.S. Navy squadron on the coast of North Africa during the Second Barbary War in 1815. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Ships, Naval ships, Naval warfare, Naval ships, Sailing ships, Wars, Warships, Warfare, Victories
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