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Luce Center
The "Constitution" in Close Action with the "Guerriere": Study for an Engraving
Object Number:
1925.137
Date:
c. 1816
Medium:
Black ink and gray wash with touches of white gouache on green-gray washed paper inlaid into a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (15.6 x 25.1 cm)
Marks:
Signed: at lower left: "Constitution & la Guerriere / M1 Corne D."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in gray ink: "Constitution & la Guerriere / Ml. Cornè D."; at upper right in graphite: "No 1"
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Gift of the Naval History Society Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.