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NH 42905 Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813

Photo #: NH 42905 Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813
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Title: Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813
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Description: Aquatint by Jeakes after a painting by Thomas Whitcombe, published 1 May 1814 by Hassell and Rickards, London. Dedicated by the publishers to Lord Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty. The print depicts the boarding and capture of Chesapeake by Shannon's crew. Note the A Free Trade and Sailors Rights flag flown from Chesapeake's forepeak. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Beverly R. Robinson Collection, March 1937. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42905
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