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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-K-9451 (color)

Action between U.S. Frigate Constitution and HMS Java, 29 December 1812

Painting in oils by Charles Robert Patterson.
It depicts Constitution (at left), commanded by Captain William Bainbridge, exchanging broadsides with the British Frigate Java off Brazil early in the action. During nearly two hours of battle, Java was dismasted and had to surrender. Her damage was so severe that she had to be burned.

Photographed in 1948, when the original painting was hanging on board the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg (AGC-369).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 95KB; 1200 x 600 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 

High-Resolution JPG

This "Hi-Res" JPG image has been cleaned to mitigate dust and other significant imaging flaws. Details of the original painting are unchanged.

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  • To the best of our knowledge, the picture referenced here is in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

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    Image posted 6 March 2009