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Photo # NH 48963:  Engraving on a silver urn commemorating USS Constitution's victory over HMS Guerriere.

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USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812 --
Miscellaneous Images


This page features miscellaneous images related to the action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere.

For other views of this battle, see:

  • USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 54422

    USS Constitution (1798-____)


    Display of pictures related to the ship, prepared circa 1897.
    Top row contains two views of her action with HMS Guerriere and a view of her leaving Boston Harbor in 1812.
    Middle row has two views of her action with HMS Java and a portrait of Captain Isaac Hull, her Commanding Officer in the first months of the War of 1812.
    Lower row has a view of her action with H.M. Ships Cyane and Levant, a picture of her in 1897, and a view of her escape from the British squadron in 1812.

    Courtesy of Charles H. Taylor, 1935.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 247KB; 1030 x 1125 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 48935

    Captain Isaac Hull, USN


    Fine screen halftone reproduction of an early 19th Century engraving after the Gilbert Stuart portrait.
    The vignette below the main image depicts the 19 August 1812 action between USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Hull, and the British frigate Guerriere.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 525 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 48936

    Captain Isaac Hull, USN


    Contemporary engraving of the gold medal presented by The Congress to Captain Hull in honor of his victory in the 19 August 1812 action between USS Constitution and the British frigate Guerriere.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 375 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 48964

    Silver urn presented to Captain Isaac Hull, USN,


    By the citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in recognition of his 19 August 1812 victory over HMS Guerriere while in command of USS Constitution. The urn was made by Philadelphia silversmiths Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, and engraved by W. Hooker.
    This view shows the urn's obverse side, with presentation inscription.
    The urn was loaned to the Navy in 1911 by Dr. Isaac Hull Platt. In 1982 it was transferred to the USS Constitution Museum, Boston, Massachusetts.
    Photographed 3 September 1964 by B.L. Mason.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 48965

    Silver urn presented to Captain Isaac Hull, USN,


    By the citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in recognition of his 19 August 1812 victory over HMS Guerriere while in command of USS Constitution. The urn was made by Philadelphia silversmiths Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, and engraved by W. Hooker.
    This view shows the urn's reverse side, with a depiction of the battle between the two ships.
    The urn was loaned to the Navy in 1911 by Dr. Isaac Hull Platt. In 1982 it was transferred to the USS Constitution Museum, Boston, Massachusetts.
    Photographed 3 September 1964 by B.L. Mason.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 48963

    Silver urn presented to Captain Isaac Hull, USN,


    By the citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in recognition of his 19 August 1812 victory over HMS Guerriere while in command of USS Constitution. The urn was made by Philadelphia silversmiths Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, and engraved by W. Hooker.
    This detail view shows the urn's depiction of the battle between the two ships.
    The urn was loaned to the Navy in 1911 by Dr. Isaac Hull Platt. In 1982 it was transferred to the USS Constitution Museum, Boston, Massachusetts.
    Photographed 3 September 1964 by B.L. Mason.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For other views of this battle, see:

  • USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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