Nova Scotia Archives
Brigs and Barques: Images and Artworks from the Age of Sail
''The American Frigate Chesapeake crippled and thrown into utter disorder by the two first broadsides fired from HMS Shannon''
A series of four lithographs depicting the capture of the USS Chesapeake by HMS Shannon, off Halifax, June 1813, during the War of 1812-15.
Date: 1813
Artist: John Christian Schetky
Reference: Documentary Art Collection Nova Scotia Archives 1979-147 142.2