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Plate No. 4-Shannon and Chesapeake by Schetky

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Date:

ca 1830

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3028354

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Plate No. 4-Shannon and Chesapeake by Schetky
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Date(s):

ca 1830

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : lithograph on wove paper
Support 48.000 x 63.500 cm

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Image depicts the Shannon leading the Chesapeake into the Halifax Harbour on June 6th, 1813.The Royal Navy's White Ensign flies above the the United States Ensign on the Chesapeake. On the left hand side, people cheer and wave upon the capture of the Chesapeake.

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Artist: Schetky, J.C. after

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Sotheby's inventory no. P3855

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in the stone: l.l.:Painted by J.C. Schetky Esqre. & On Stone by L.Haghe.; l.r.:Designed by Capt. R.H. King R.N.; l.c.: To Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke Bart. and K.C.B./This representation of H.M.S.SHANNON, leading her PRIZE the AMERICAN FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE, into HALIFAX HARBOUR,on the 6th June, 1813./is Dedicated by his obliged and most grateful Servant, R.H. King./London Pubd. by Smith,Elder&Co.65,Cornhill./Prints by W.Day 17 Gate St.; u.c.:No.4
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Private

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03221
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Graphic (art)

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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 3221

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3221
Copyright: expired/perimé

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