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Capture of the Chesapeake by the Shannon

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Item

Date:

after 1813

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3028336

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Capture of the Chesapeake by the Shannon
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

after 1813

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : coloured engraving on wove paper
Support 20.000 x 26.200 cm

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Image depicts a battle between the American ship the Chesapeake and the British ship the Shannon. There is a large grey smoke cloud rising from the deck of the Chesapeake on the left as the Shannon fires its canon preparing to capture the ship.

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Artist: Unknown

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P2235

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in the plate: l.c.:Capture of the Chesapeake by the Shannon.
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event

évenement
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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03205
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 3205

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3205
Copyright: expired/perimé

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