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HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813 (Painting)
Escape of HMS Belvidera, 23 June 1812 (Painting)
Action between HMS 'Shannon' and USS 'Chesapeake', 1 June 1813 (Painting)
Capture of the USS President, 15 January 1814 (Painting)
'Hibernia' beating off the privateer 'Comet', 10 January 1814: port broadside, night (Painting)
HMS Shannon taking USS Chesapeake, 1 June 1813 (Painting)
'Hibernia' beating off the privateer 'Comet', 10 January 1814: starboard broadside (Painting)
'Hibernia' beating off the privateer 'Comet', 10 January 1814: on quarter (Painting)
Action between USS 'Wasp' and HMS 'Reindeer', 28 June 1814 (Painting)
British and American Gunboats in Action on Lake Borgne, 14 December 1814 (Painting)
USA merchant ensign (1812-14) (Civil ensign)
Action between HMS 'Shannon' and USS 'Chesapeake', 1 June 1813 (Painting)
Hibernia beating off the privateer Comet, 10 January 1814: returning to port (Painting)
Hibernia beating off the privateer Comet, 10 January 1814: ships shown stern to stern (Painting)
The schooner 'Benjamin Franklin' (Painting)
Capture of HMS Macedonian by USS United States, 25 October 1812 (Painting)
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