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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 55248-KN (color)

Engagement between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon, 1 June 1813

Aquatint by Joseph Jeakes, after a painting by G. Webster made under the direction of Captain Falkner, late Lieutenant of the Shannon during the action. Published by G. Webster, 21 White Lion Street, Penton Ville.

Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Collection of Beverly R. Robinson, March 1937.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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30 April 2003