U.S.S. Constitution towing the H.B.M. ship Cyane captured February 28th 1815 – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. Constitution towing the H.B.M. ship Cyane captured February 28th 1815, [between 1890 and 1920] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/32/32461ddf5139-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of U.S.S. Constitution towing the H.B.M. ship Cyane captured February 28th 1815 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Constitution towing the H.B.M. ship Cyane captured February 28th 1815
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This print shows the frigate *Constitution* hauling the captured British ship *Cyane* after the engagement that took place in February 1815, as titled on the image. The fight came at the end of the War of 1812, after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed in December 1814 but before word of the peace reached the Atlantic, so the action was fought in a war already decided on paper. Edward Mueller's painting, reproduced here as a lithograph in an edition limited to 250, comes from the decades when Americans were revisiting the war and celebrating its naval heroes. The ship's nickname, "Old Ironsides," was already well known by then.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1890-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. On print: Edition limited to 250; painted by Edward Mueller. |
| Subjects | Constitution (Ship)--1810-1820. Naval warfare--1810-1820. United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,023 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110970 |
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