Capture of the U. S. Sloop-of-War Wasp by H.M.S. Poictiers, (painting)

Capture of the U. S. Sloop-of-War Wasp by H.M.S. Poictiers, (painting)

Unknown, painter.

Capture of the U. S. Sloop-of-War Wasp by H.M.S. Poictiers, (painting)

Watercolor on paper.

8 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.

(In ink:) H.M.S. Poictiers on 18th October 1812, in lat. 37 12 N. & long 66 2 W. falling in with, & capturing the U.S. sloop of war Wasp, & her prize H.M. Brig Frolic, which the Wasp had captured the morning of the same day after a gallant defence which lasted 45 minutes in which the Frolic had the greater part of her crew killed & wounded unsigned

History -- United States -- War of 1812

Waterscape -- Boat

Architecture -- Boat -- Wasp

Architecture -- Boat -- Poictiers

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, New York 10024 Accession Number: 1963.64

Bequest of Olds, Irving S., 1963.

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society; Boston, G. K. Hall, 1982.

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society; Boston, G. K. Hall, 1982, no. 3203, pg. 365.

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