HMS_Endymion_yaws_to_rake_USS_President.jpg
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Summary
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Thomas Buttersworth
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| Description |
English:
A Thomas Buttersworth, painting at first thought to be HMS
Belvidera
escaping from USS
President
, this painting depicts HMS
Endymion
yawing to rake USS
President
at dusk as
President
is ahead of the British frigate and has her after sails cut while the British frigate has her foresails cut. Furthermore, the British frigate in the painting and HMS
Endymion
were painted all black which was extremely unusual for ships of that size at the time.
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| Date | 1815 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| References | https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/13668 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://web.archive.org/web/20160604212315/http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/escape-hms-belvidera-us-frigate-president | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
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