A Series of Four Views... No. 3... HMS Shannon carrying by Boarding the American Frigate Chesapeake after a Cannonade of Five Minutes, on the 1st June 1813

Bound with PAH8115-PAH8116, PAH8118.;
One of a set of 4 plates. This is one is inscribed "To Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart and KCB. This representation of HMS Shannon carrying by boarding the American Frigate Chesapeake after a cannonade of five minutes, on the 1st of June 1813 is dedicated by his obliged and most grateful servant RH King".

Object Details

ID: PAH8117
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 mm x 621 mm