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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: KN-10849 (Color)

"Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804"

Oil on canvas, 60" by 42", by Edward Moran (1829-1901), signed and dated by the artist, 1897.
It depicts USS Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, ablaze after she was boarded and set afire by a party from the ketch Intrepid led by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur.

Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Paul E. Sutro, 1940.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 500 x 765 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-10849

 

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.

NOTES:

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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 14 November 2002
    Coding updated and link added 25 February 2009