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Photo # NH 50519:  Commodore Stephen Decatur.  Engraving by A.B. Durand

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Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN, (1779-1820) -- Part II


This page features engraved portraits and similar depictions of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN, (1779-1820).

For more pictorial coverage on Commodore Decatur, see:

  • Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN, (1779-1820).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 50524

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    Engraving by G.R. Hall, after a painting by Alonzo Chappel. Published by Johnson, Fry & Company, New York, 1858.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 465 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50519

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    Engraving by A.B. Durand from a copy by James Herring of the Thomas Sully portrait. Published in James Herring & James Barton Longacre: "National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans", Volume 3.
    The print includes a facsimile of Decatur's signature.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 144KB; 495 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50526

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    Halftone illustration from "The American Collector", reproducing an engraving after the portrait by G. Strickland, painted circa 1815.
    The original engraving "has been beautifully reproduced as frontispiece in Mantle Fielding's 'Supplement to Stauffer's Catalog of Early American Engravers upon Copper and Steel.'" (quoted from the original caption).

    Courtesy of Mr. Stephen Decatur, April 1941.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 275 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 445

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    19th Century engraving by Henry Meyer "from an original Picture by John W. Jarvis.".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 168KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50525

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    Engraving by M. Pekenino, after John Wesley Jarvis.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 111KB; 515 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50522

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    Engraving by Gimbrede, after a portrait by Gilbert Stuart.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 184KB; 525 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 168

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    Line engraving, copied from the front page of a 19th Century book entitled "Life of Stephen Decatur".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 145KB; 500 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52802

    Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN


    19th Century engraving by D. Edwin, after a Gilbert Stuart portrait.".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 74528

    Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, USN


    Sketch by Fred S. Cozzens, copied from his book "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897.
    It depicts Decatur informally dressed, circa 1804, during the time of the War with Tripoli.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 605 x 765 pixels

     

    For more pictorial coverage on Commodore Decatur, see:

  • Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN, (1779-1820).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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