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The Frigate Constitution
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The Constitution Frigate
The Frigate Constitution
about 1804 - 1810
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Credit Line
M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession Number1971.257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edgar Newbold Smith, American Naval Broadsides, 38
InscriptionsIn plate, below image: The Constitution Frigate
In plate, at right, above waterline: [traces of an effaced inscription reading] Peru [?]; other effaced words appear in the plate as well, above this, and near the ship's bowsprit
In plate, at right, above waterline: [traces of an effaced inscription reading] Peru [?]; other effaced words appear in the plate as well, above this, and near the ship's bowsprit
ProvenanceAmor Hollingsworth; 1971, sold by Childs Gallery to the MFA.