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Photo # NH 93905-KN:  Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812.  Color tinted engraving by C. Tiebout.

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USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812 --
Prints and Drawings


This page features prints and drawings of the action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere. They are presented in approximate chronological order.

For prints and drawings of last part of this battle, and of its immediate aftermath, see:

  • USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812 -- Prints and Drawings (Part II).

    For other views related to this battle, see:

  • USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 2004

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Print of a painting by W.A.K. Martin, copyright 1909 by Henry A. Martin and published by Gilbo & Co. It depicts USS Constitution approaching the British frigate Guerriere at the commencement of the action.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52487

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Mid-19th Century line engraving, depicting Constitution's crewmen cheering at the commencement of the battle.
    Note boy (at left) running up with powder charges for the guns.

    Courtesy of Admiral E. Snow, USN, 1926.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 187KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55423

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Line engraving after an artwork by Marshall Johnson, published circa the mid-19th Century. It depicts the British frigate Guerriere's mizzen mast going over the side during her battle with USS Constitution.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 93905-KN

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Color tinted engraving by C. Tiebout after Thomas Birch, published by James Webster at about the time of the battle and inscribed to Captain Isaac Hull, Constitution's Commanding Officer, his officers and crew.
    The scene represents the later part of the action, as Guerriere's fore and mainmasts collapsed.
    The bottom center of the print features a small vignette of Captain Hull, with the Latin phrase "Veni, Vidi, Vici" ("I came, I saw, I conquered").

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     



    For a Black & White version of this image, see Photo # NH 93905.

    Photo #: NH 2001

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Line engraving by D. Kimberly after a painting by Thomas Birch, published during the 19th Century by Samuel Walker, Boston. It depicts the dismasting of the British frigate Guerriere.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 635 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42069

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Line engraving by D. Kimberly after a painting by Thomas Birch, published during the 19th Century by Samuel Walker, Boston. It depicts the dismasting of the British frigate Guerriere.

    Donation of Colonel J.R. Taylor, October 1938.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 170KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Note:
    This reproduction only shows the picture part of the original print. See Photo # NH 2001 for a reproduction of the entire print.

     
    Photo #: NH 2086

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Print of an artwork by William Strickland, "drawn for Naval Chronicle", depicting the British frigate Guerriere losing her fore and main masts.

    Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42065

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Engraving by Baugean after a drawing by Montardier du Havre, published in Paris, France, during the 19th Century. It depicts the point in the action where the British frigate Guerriere lost her masts.

    Courtesy of Mr. Beverly R. Robinson, March 1937.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42068

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Engraving entitled "Engagement between the U.S. Frigate Constitution ... & the British Frigate Guerriere ...", depicting the British frigate Guerriere losing her fore and main masts during the battle. This appears to be one of the prints published by B. Tanner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa November 1812.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 160KB; 740 x 640 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42914

    Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Engraving "Designed, Engraved & Published by W. Strickland & W. Kneass", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 September 1812. It depicts the British frigate Guerriere's fore and main masts going over the side near the conclusion of her losing battle with USS Constitution.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 188KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55418

    USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812


    Contemporary engraving by Jaxet after Baugean, published in Paris, France. It depicts the British frigate Guerriere losing her fore and main masts, near the conclusion of her battle with USS Constitution.

    Courtesy of the New Haven Colony Historical Society.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     

    For prints and drawings of last part of this battle, and of its immediate aftermath, see:

  • USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812 -- Prints and Drawings (Part II).

    For other views related to this battle, see:

  • USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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