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Description:
Four Framed Naval Battle Lithographs After J.C. Schetky and King, after Smith & Elder & Co., London, England, c. 1813, later hand-tinted images numbered 1 through 4: HMS Shannon Commencing the Battle with the American Frigate Chesapeake, American Frigate Chesapeake Crippled and Thrown into Utter Disorder by the Two First Broadsides Fired from HMS Shannon, HMS Shannon Carrying by Boarding the American Frigate Chesapeake After a Cannonade of Five Minutes, and HMS Shannon Leading Her Prize the American Frigate Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour, in gilt-gesso frames, image ht. 12 1/8, wd. 16 3/4 in.
Estimate $600-1,200
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Keywords
Elder & Co., Shannon Carrying, United Kingdom, LondonStephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
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