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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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.

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18 February 2003