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MARITIME & WAR

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: T.A. Jameson, The opening salvoes of the famous action between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon , 1st June 1813
T.A. Jameson
The opening salvoes of the famous action between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon , 1st June 1813
signed and dated 'T.A. JAMESON 1846' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19 x 26 in. (48.2 x 66 cm)
£18000.00
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We believe Jameson to be a naval officer who was commissioned to paint a work of the famous capture of the Chesapeake. During the Anglo-American War of 1812-14, the event...
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We believe Jameson to be a naval officer who was commissioned to paint a work of the famous capture of the Chesapeake.

 

During the Anglo-American War of 1812-14, the event which captured the public’s imagination more than any other was the celebrated duel between the Royal Navy's frigate H.M.S. Shannon and the new republic's frigate Chesapeake.

 

Cruising off the eastern seaboard,Captain Philip Broke of the Shannon spotted the American frigates Chesapeake and Constitution refitting in Boston.

Broke immediately challenged Captain Lawrence of the Chesapeake to come out and fight and, at about noon on 1st June 1813, the latter weighed anchor and stood out of Boston Roads accompanied by a small flotilla of pleasure craft crowded with spectators anxious to witness the fight. A furious action followed lasting a mere fifteen minutes and casualties on both vessels were very high. Soon overwhelmed, Chesapeake surrendered and Shannon took her as a prize into Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the captors were given a heroes' welcome on 6th June.

Provenance

Collection of Lord Berners, Faringdon House, Oxfordshire.

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