Photo #: NH 56759
Capture of U.S. Brig Argus, Commander William H. Allen,
by H.M. Brig Pelican, Commander John F. Maples, 14 August
1813
Photograph of a watercolor by an unknown British artist, circa
1864, depicting the two brigs exchanging broadsides near the
beginning of the action. A description of the action is given
below the picture.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland.
Beverly R. Robinson Collection.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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