A Series of Four Views... No. 2...the American Frigate Chesapeake crippled and thrown into utter disorder by the two first broadsides fired from HMS Shannon

Bound with PAH8115, PAH8117-PAH8118.;
One of a set of four plates. This one is inscribed "To Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bar and KCB. This representation of the American Frigate Chesapeake, crippled and thrown into utter disorder by the first broadsides fired from HMS Shannon, is dedicated by his obliged and most grateful servant, RH King"

Object Details

ID: PAH8116
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Day, W.; Haghe, Louis King, Richard Schetky, John Christian Smith, Elder & Co
Events: War of 1812: Capture of the USS Chesapeake, 1813
Vessels: Chesapeake (1799); Shannon (1806)
Date made: 1830
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 490 x 620 mm;