TWO EARLY 19TH CENTURY MARITIME AQUATINT ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING HMS SHANNON AND U.S FRIGATE CHESAPEAKE. One, after John Theophilus Lee "View of the Action Between His Majesty's Ship Shannon and the United States Frigate Chesapeake"; circa 1813, Other, after George Webster, depicting "...Boarding & Capturing the American United States Frigate The Chesapeake, off Boston on the 1st of June, 1813. Published by J. Burr & G. Ballisat, London. Sight size, 17 1/2 in. x 22 in. In 1950s New York Yacht Club frames. One bearing Pierpont Morgan Library label on reverse with name of Lt. Commander H.S. Morgan inked in script. Estimate $600-800
PROVENANCE: Estate of Alexandra McCain Morgan and Henry Sturgis Morgan, Jr., Annapolis, MD
