The Action Between the Serapis and Bon Homme Richard September 23rd 1779 Engraver: Robert Whitechurch (British, 1814–1876)
After: James Hamilton (American, born Ireland, 1819–1878)

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Engraving, after Hamilton's painting (YUAG 1944.108)

Dimensions

image: 21 3/16 × 32 5/16 in. (53.8 × 82 cm)
sight in frame: 23 7/8 × 33 1/8 in. (60.6 × 84.2 cm)

Credit Line

Emerson Tuttle, B.A. 1914, Print Fund

Accession Number

1993.115.1

Geography

Made in United Kingdom

Culture

British

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased from The Browsing Corner, Wawarsing, NY
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

engravings

Marks

no watermark visible

Inscriptions

Inscribed at LL: Painted by James Hamilton; LC: Published by Fishel, Adler & Schwartz, New York; LR: Engraved by R. Whitechurch. Inscribed below: The Action Between the Serapis and Bon Homme Richard Septr. 23rd. 1779. Fishel Adler & Co. New York & Berlin

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