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Title
Death of Captain Lawrence
Names
Hall, Henry Bryan, 1808-1884 (Engraver)
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1810s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1856
Place: New York
Publisher: Martin, Johnson & Co.
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-181
Topics
Chesapeake (Frigate)
Lawrence, James, 1781-1813
United States -- 1810-1819
United States -- History -- War of 1812
Campaigns & battles -- Atlantic Ocean -- 1810-1819
Naval warfare -- Atlantic Ocean -- 1810-1819
War casualties -- Atlantic Ocean -- 1810-1819
Genres
Conjectural works
Naval prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "'Don't give up the ship.'"
Statement of responsibility: "Painted by Alonzo Chappel." "From the original painting in the possession of the publishers." "Engraved by H. H. Hall." "Entered according to act of Congress AD 1856 by Martin, Johnson & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of New York."--printed on border.
Physical Description
Steel engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 18 x 18 cm. (7 x 7 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17168662
Barcode: 33333159315569
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 205a5330-c531-012f-36f8-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1808: Creator Born
  • 1856: Issued
  • 1884: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Death of Captain Lawrence" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f6d6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Death of Captain Lawrence" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f6d6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1856). Death of Captain Lawrence Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f6d6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Death of Captain Lawrence