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NH 85210-KN Continental Ship Columbus

Photo #: NH 85210-KN Continental Ship Columbus
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Title: Continental Ship Columbus
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Description: Continental Ship Columbus (1775-1778) Painting in oils by W. Nowland Van Powell, depicting Columbus, under the command of Captain Abraham Whipple, bringing in the British brig Lord Lifford, while operating off the New England coast in 1776. See Photo # 85210-A-KN for a view of this painting in its decorative frame. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. Donation of the Memphis Council, U.S. Navy League, 1976. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 85210-KN
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