Nova Scotia Archives
Brigs and Barques: Images and Artworks from the Age of Sail
''HMS Shannon, carrying by boarding, the American Frigate Chesapeake after a Cannonade of five minutes, on the 1st June 1813''
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 1979-147 142.3 / negative no.: N-1286