The U.S.S. Constitution in full sail

细节

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (Copenhagen 1850-1921 Hoboken, New Jersey)
The U.S.S. Constitution in full sail
signed and dated 'ANTONIO JACOBSEN.'/1917.' (lower right) and inscribed '"CONSTITUTION" 1845' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.4 cm.)

来源

with Quester Gallery, Stonington, Connecticut.
with Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.

出版

Harold S. Sniffen, Antonio Jacobsen - The checklist, New York, 1984, p. 83, no. 13.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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拍品专文

Built at Boston in 1797, the 44-gun Constitution was one of the original group of six frigates ordered by Congress to form the basis of the new United States' Navy. Commissioned in July 1798, she played a minor role in the quasi-war with France before going on to distinguish herself in the Barbary Wars of 1803-04. Her celebrated capture of H.M.S. Guerriere on 19^{t<\sup>^{h<\sup> August 1812, soon after the start of the Anglo-American War, earned her the enduring name of 'Old Ironsides' and, surviving several attempts to scrap her later in the nineteenth century, she was ultimately preserved at Boston where she still resides.}}