"US corvette Wasp opening fire on the brig Frolic, October 18, 1812"

color lithograph

PRINTS - LITHOGRAPHS
Claudus, Rodolfo
paper
sheet 11-1/4 x 11-3/4 in.; image 5-1/4 x 7-9/16 in.

Color lithograph of watercolor (one of set 1944.183-.196, Scenes of War of 1812, by Rodolfo Claudus); printed at center below picture, "US corvette Wasp opening fire on the brig Frolic, October 18, 1812"; printed lower left below picture, "Courtesy of ex-Navy personnel in the Sperry Gyroscope Company"; printed lower right below picture, "U.S. Naval Museum. Annapolis"; painting signed lower right, "Rod Claudus 37"; explanatory paragraph on back; starboard broadside view of 2 ships; same as 1958.827.3 and 1967.142.6.

1944.189