Perry's victory / T. Birch. – Vintage Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Perry's victory / T. Birch.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Perry's victory / T. Birch.
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Thomas Birch's ink and wash drawing shows the moment that made Oliver Hazard Perry a national hero: his victory over the British squadron on Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. Perry's flagship and the British warships are rendered in the crisp, detailed manner of naval illustration, a style popular in the years after the War of 1812. The battle was a turning point in the western campaign, giving the United States control of the lake and helping open the way for the invasion of Upper Canada. Perry's famous dispatch, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," spread the image of the young commander widely, and prints like this one carried that story into American homes.
| Created / published | [ca. 1814] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink and wash. |
| Genre | Naval prints 1810-1820.Ink drawings American 1810-1820. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gathering History: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana / Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1999, p. 16. |
| Subjects | Perry, Oliver Hazard,--1785-1819--Military service. Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813. Naval warfare--1810-1820. Warships--American--1810-1820. Warships--British--1810-1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,725 × 3,816 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220219 |
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