About the Artwork
Captain Isaac Hull, 1775-1843
between 1812 and 1854
William Strickland
1787-1854
American
Unknown
Etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on japan paper
Image: 6 3/4 × 6 5/8 inches (17.1 × 16.8 cm) Sheet (no visible plate mark): 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Eleanor Clay Ford
46.123
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in pencil, bottom right edge: Strickland
Inscribed, in plate between image and banderole: Aquatint by W. Strickland Inscribed, on the banderole, lower left: FIRST IN VICTORY Inscribed, on the banderole, lower right: lower right: FIRST IN BATTLE Inscribed, center bottom margin: Captain I. Hull | Eluded the British Fleet July 1812 _ Captured the Guerriere Aug. 1812.
Provenance
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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William Strickland, Captain Isaac Hull, 1775-1843, between 1812 and 1854, etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Eleanor Clay Ford, 46.123.
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