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The Constitution and the Guerriere

Cornelius Tiebout, Artist Thomas Birch, Artist James Webster, Publisher
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The Constitution and the Guerriere

1813

Cornelius Tiebout (Artist) American, 1777-1830 Thomas Birch (Artist) American, 1779-1851 James Webster (Publisher) American

Engraving printed in black ink, colored by hand

Overall: 20 × 26 3/8 inches (50.8 × 67 cm) Framed: 27 1/2 × 34 1/2 × 1 inches (69.9 × 87.6 × 2.5 cm)

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Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund

57.134

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Signed, in plate, lower left: Painted by T. Birch, A.C.S.A.

Inscribed, lower left center: The Constitution had 7 men killed & 7 wounded. Inscribed, lower center: Fought August 19, 1812. Inscribed, lower right center: The Guerriere had 15 men killed and 63 wounded. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by C. Tiebout, A.C.S.A. Inscribed, lower margin: THIS REPRESENTATION OF THE U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION, ISAAC HULL, ESQR. COMMANDER, CAPTURING HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S FRIGATE GUERRIERE, JAMES R. DACRES, ESQR. COMMANDER | Is respectfully inscribed to Capt. Isaac Hull, his Officers and Gallant Crew; by their devoted humble Servant, | James Webster. Long description of the battle continues in plate. Oval portrait of Commander Hull in the center of the bottom margin is engraved by D. Edwin.

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(Argosy Book Shop)

1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Early American Prints. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1957, no. 125b.

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Cornelius Tiebout; after Thomas Birch, The Constitution and the Guerriere, 1813, engraving printed in black ink, colored by hand. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 57.134.

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