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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 42065
Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere,
19 August 1812
Engraving by Baugean after a drawing by Montardier du Havre,
published in Paris, France, during the 19th Century. It depicts
the point in the action where the British frigate Guerriere
lost her masts.
Courtesy of Mr. Beverly R. Robinson, March 1937.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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