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The United States Frigate "President" Engaging the British Squadron, 1815, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Lane, Fitz Henry 1804-1865  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565
Date:
1850
Notes:
"A catalogue of the collection of American paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art; volume 1," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1966, pg. 66.
Wilmerding, "Fitz Hugh Lane" New York, 1971.
Cash, Sarah, with Terri Sultan, "American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art," New York: Abbeville Press, 2000, pg. 60.
Cash, Sarah, ed., "Corcoran Gallery of Art, American Paintings to 1945," Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011, pg. 98.
National Gallery of Art, collection printout, "Acquisitions from the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art," 2015.
Summary:
Waterscape depicting two sailing ships firing on one another, with clouds of smoke rising above the water.
Topic:
History--United States--War of 1812  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08260082
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_40154