Image:Burning of the uss philadelphia.jpg

Burning of the USS Philadelphia (painting)

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Their description:

"Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804"

Oil on canvas, 60" by 42", by Edward Moran (1829-1901), signed and dated by the artist, 1897.

It depicts USS Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, ablaze after she was boarded and set afire by a party from the ketch Intrepid led by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur.

Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Paul E. Sutro, 1940.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Secondary source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Burning_of_the_uss_philadelphia.jpg

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Les pages ci-dessous contiennent cette image :

• 1804
• Guerre de Tripoli