Antique Sea Battle Print Between an American and a British Ship, 1847

1847 · Views & Engravings

Antique Sea Battle Print Between an American and a British Ship, 1847

Name: Antique Sea Battle Print Between an American and a British Ship, 1847
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-09659
Price: 290 USD
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Date: 1847
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 25.5 × 20.5 cm (10 × 8.1 in)
Condition: Good
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Reference: BG-09659

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

A sea battle between the American ship United States and the British ship Macedonian, an original antique print from Das Buch der Welt by Carl Hoffmann, published in Stuttgart in 1847. The sheet carries two images, with the lithographers named as Engelhorn and Hochdanz. The caption below reads "Seetreffen zwischen dem Amerikanischen Schiffe 'United States' und dem Brittischen Schiffe 'Macedonian'."

The upper image is a technical drawing of a large three-masted warship under full sail, with the sails, masts and rigging marked by letters and numbers for a key. The lower image shows the fight itself: two ships, the Macedonian at the left with a shattered rig and the United States at the right under the American flag, side by side with gun smoke between them, on a heaving sea under a dark sky.

The action took place on October 25, 1812, during the War of 1812, when the American frigate captured the British frigate in the Atlantic. The victory was one of the early American naval successes of the war and was widely illustrated at the time and afterward, including in German popular encyclopedias of the 1840s.

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