I have not yet begun to fight" - John Paul Jones" – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with I have not yet begun to fight" - John Paul Jones", a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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I have not yet begun to fight" - John Paul Jones"
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I have not yet begun to fight" is the reply John Paul Jones is said to have given when the British captain of HMS Serapis asked whether he would strike his colors, during the night battle off Flamborough Head in September 1779. Jones's own ship, the Bonhomme Richard, was battered and sinking, yet he kept fighting and took the Serapis. This c1913 halftone reproduces a painting by Henry Master, according to a caption card that the record marks as unverified. Halftone printing turned paintings into dot-patterned images that could appear alongside text, and it was widely used in early twentieth-century books and magazines.
| Created / published | c1913. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Subjects | Halftone repro. of painting by Henry Master. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; Ships; U.S.--Hist.--1779; Navy, U.S.; B.I. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,142 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-145598 |
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