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Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie

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Image ID

809049


Item data

Title

Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1810s

Names

Ridgway, W. (William), active 1863-1894 (Engraver)
Chapin, John Reuben, 1823-1894 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1878

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-181

Subjects

Erie, Lake
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819
United States -- 1810-1819
United States -- History -- War of 1812
Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813
cannons -- 1810-1819
Decks (Ships) -- 1810-1819
Men -- 1810-1819
Warships
Sailors
Military leadership

Genres

Conjectural Works

Notes

Content: Printed on border: " 'Ready! All ready your honor'."
Source Note: Battles of America by sea and land : with biographical skectches of great naval and military commanders from the siege of Louisburg to the close of the Civil War. (New York : Virtue Yorston, 1878) Tomes, Robert (1817-1882), Author.

Physical Description

Steel engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168662
Barcode: 33333159316088
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1bc4c670-c531-012f-c5ad-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1878

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1878. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1bc4c670-c531-012f-c5ad-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1878). Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1bc4c670-c531-012f-c5ad-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1bc4c670-c531-012f-c5ad-58d385a7bc34

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