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