Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, 1812

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Yes, Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Thomas Chambers

1852

Medium

Painting

Classification

Painting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sheldon and Caroline Keck in honor of Elizabeth Broun

Accession Number

1992.18

Tags

MacedoniaUnited StatesWar of 1812

About this artwork

The rolling waves and swirls of smoke in this painting convey the noise and excitement of battle. To patriotic nineteenth-century Americans, the victory of the frigate United States over the British ship Macedonian in 1812 marked a triumph against British sea power. Off the Canary Islands, Stephen Decatur's ship damaged the Macedonian's hull, dismasted, and captured her. Decatur became an American hero who famously proclaimed "Our country-...may she always be in the right; but our country, right...

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, 1812

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