Sep 30, 2021 - Sale 2580

Sale 2580 - Lot 237

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(WAR OF 1812.) Samuel Seymour, engraver; after Thomas Birch. This Representation of the U.S. Frigate United States . . . Capturing His Britannic Majesty's Frigate Macedonian . . . is Respectfully Inscribed to Capt. Stephen Decatur, his Officers and Gallant Crew. Hand-colored engraving, 21 1/2 x 28 inches; spot-mounted to modern board, minimal foxing and wear. [Philadelphia]: James Webster, [May 1815?]

Additional Details

View of the 25 October 1812 battle fought off Madeira, which resulted in the first captured British warship ever brought back to an American port. A medallion portrait of Commodore Decatur appears in the caption area. Possibly a later impression, without the Philadelphia, May 1815 imprint line called for in Stauffer 2879.