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"Constitution" and "Guerriere:" Preparing for an Engagement

(English (worked in the United States), 1775–1849)
(American (born in Italy), 1752–1845)
1812
Medium/TechniqueAquatint, hand colored on paper
DimensionsSheet: 26 x 34.9 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number62.72
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed below: Plate 1st. / Painted by Michael Carnèe under Directions from Commodore Hull & Capt. Morris. / PREPARING for an ENGAGEMENT. / The Constitution clearing for Action & bearing down La Guerriere Laying too. / Nov. 1 1812 Published according to Act of Congress & Engraved by J.R. Smith BOSTON
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Bequest to MFA June 8, 1964; accessioned Feb. 14, 1962