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1840s · Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Constitution and the Guerriere

Thomas ChambersWikidata

painting by Thomas Chambers

Wander from here

In the picture

History & battleSea & shipsskycloudsailing shipflag of the United StatesAtlantic OceanhorizonUSS ConstitutionHMS GuerriereUSS Constitution vs HMS Guerrierenaval battleshipflag
Date
1840s (known to the decade)Wikidata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: ca. 1845
Medium
Oil on canvasThe Met
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
62.9 × 79.4 cmThe Met
Wikidata: 62.9 × 79.4 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, ManhattanWikidata
Gallery
732The Met
Genre
marine art, history painting, battle paintingWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
62.256.5Wikidata
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1962The Met

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1962 –
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
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