TITLE: British valour and Yankee boasting or, Shannon versus Chesapeake / G. Cruikshank fect.
CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 12080 (B size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-5918 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-1557 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Cartoon shows a British boarding party routing the crew of the Chesapeake; in a matter of minutes the crew was subdued and the British flag hoisted. The Americans are portrayed as hapless and cowardly.
MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1813 September 1st.
CREATOR:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist.
NOTES:
Pub[lishe]d for the Proprietor of Town Talk.
Published in: Town Talk, v. 93.
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 12080
SUBJECTS:
Chesapeake (Frigate) Shannon (Frigate) Courage--1810-1820. Bragging--1810-1920. United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations--British. United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations--American. United States--History--War of 1812--Surrenders--American.
FORMAT:
Cartoons (Commentary) British 1810-1820.Etchings Hand-colored 1810-1820.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g05918 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05918 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a52303 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a52303
CONTROL #: 99471628
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