Category Archives: Warships
Alfred and Providence – John Paul Jones
Huzzah! for Constitution
United States Naval Academy Museum and USS Constitution Museum. 1989. In vignette, the battle between USS CONSTITUTION and HMS JAVA. Poster for a special exhibit of “Old Ironsides” artifacts and memorabilia.
See more...Continental schooner HANNAH evading HMS LIVELY, 1775
Print from aquarelle. Last voyage of the Continental schooner HANNAH, first American Warship, evading HMS LIVELY on Boston Bay, September 5, 1775
See more...Sloop Providence pursued by HM frigate Soleby
Printed from oil on canvas.The action depicts Jones’s dramatic escape from a Royal Navy frigate on September 1, 1776.
See more...USS Constitution Defeating HMS Cyane and Levant
Lithograph from aquarelle (1993) depicting “Old Ironside” encounter with two Royal Navy ships off the Canary Islands in a battle by moonlight.
See more...24 Gun Ship
Aquarelle, 1987. Portrait in two views of a French ship of the line, c. 1780, painted for Jean Boudriot’s four-volume treaties of the same title.
See more...BonHomme Richard and HMS Serapis raked by Alliance – 10 pm Sept. 23, 1779
Print from original water-colour. John Paul Jones famous battle with the English Serapis winning the battle but losing his ship.
See more...Drake Versus Ranger
Aquarelle. Jones’s 18-gun RANGER pounds HMS DRAKE off Ireland, April 24, 1778. Privately printed for the National Maritime Historical Society in a reproduction for hand-highlighting in the artist’s studio. Edition limited to 250, all signed, numbered and highlighted.
See more...USF Constitution’s main fighting top in action 1814
Print from aquarelle. Cover Art for “Boarders Away II – Firearms of the Age of Fighting Sail”, by William Gilkerson, Andrew Mowbray/Publishing.
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