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Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, Oct. 25, 1812, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Chambers, Thomas 1807/08-after 1866  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1840-1850
Notes:
"Nineteenth-century folk painting; our spirited national heritage; Works of art from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou," Storrs: The University of Connecticut, The William Benton Museum of Art, 1973.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 5375 (Oct. 26, 1985), lot 66.
Foster, Kathleen A., "Thomas Chambers: American Marine and Landscape Painter, 1808-1869," Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, pg. 40.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Sale 5375 (Oct. 26, 1985), lot 66.
Topic:
History--United States--War of 1812  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 81990154
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_194230