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U.S. Navy - Commander in Chief of fleet - 1776 / Werner; The Werner Company, Akron, O. – Antique Print

U.S. Navy - Commander in Chief of fleet - 1776 / Werner; The Werner Company, Akron, O., c1899. — antique lithograph
U.S. Navy - Commander in Chief of fleet - 1776 / Werner; The Werner Company, Akron, O., c1899.. Antique lithograph from the Military collection.

(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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U.S. Navy - Commander in Chief of fleet - 1776 / Werner; The Werner Company, Akron, O. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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U.S. Navy - Commander in Chief of fleet - 1776 / Werner; The Werner Company, Akron, O.

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Its title places the figure at the head of the fleet in 1776, the year the Continental Navy first sent a squadron to sea under its own commander in chief, Esek Hopkins, whose ships raided New Providence in the Bahamas that March. The print is a chromolithograph issued around 1899 by The Werner Company of Akron, Ohio, a firm known for colorful patriotic and military images sold to a popular audience that was fond of Revolutionary-era subjects. Its copyright entry suggests it was meant for wide distribution rather than as a unique portrait. The record does not name the sitter, so the identification rests on the title alone.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenreChromolithographs 1890-1900.
Notes18797 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by The Werner Company.
SubjectsUnited States.--Navy--People--1890-1900. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.--Military personnel.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,742 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221784

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