File:John Christian Schetky, H.M.S. Shannon Leading Her Prize the American Frigate Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour (c. 1830).jpg

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Artist



Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	11 August 1778	28 January 1874
Location of birth/death	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	London, England, UK
Authority control	WorldCat



Description	British lithographer and painter Co-founder of Day & Haghe, lithographers to the Queen; president of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours 1873–1884
Date of birth/death	17 March 1806	9 March 1885
Location of birth/death	Tournai, Belgium	Surrey, England, UK
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

English: Caption: "[No. 4] H.M.S. Shannon Leading Her Prize the American Frigate Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour."

Français : Légende: "[No. 4] H.M.S. Shannon menant la frégate américaine Le Chesapeake dans le port de Halifax."

Description

English: A depiction of the Royal Navy frigate H.M.S. Shannon leading the captured American frigate U.S.S. Chesapeake into Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, in June 1813.

Date

circa 1830.

Medium

English: Hand-coloured lithograph.

Français : Lithographie coloriée à la main.

Dimensions

43.3 × 31.3 cm (17 × 12.3 in).

Current location

W.H. Coverdale (or Manoir Richelieu) Collection of Canadiana, Library and Archives Canada.

English: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Accession number

A330-01 (Item no. assigned by LAC 1937); 1970-188 PIC 01937.

Object history

English: Published by Smith, Elder & Co. of 65 Cornhill, London, England, UK; sold by Thomas Jefferys, Corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, London.

Inscriptions

English: Inscribed in the lower border of the print: "Painted by J.C. Schetky Esqre. & on Stone by L. Haghe. Designed by Capt. R.H. King R.N. [with a dedication to Capt. Broke and title as above] ... London Pubd. by Smith, Elder & Co. 65, Cornhill."

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