U. S. Frigate Constitution, of 44 Guns

by William Lynn, draftsman, engraver Abel Bowen

$12,500 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Boston: Publ. by Wm. Lynn, ca. 1812 . Aquatint and line engraving, 16.75” x 21” plus margins. CONDITION: Good, recently backed on Japanese tissue, restoration to marginal losses at corners, spotting and toning to margins. A rare and bold view of “Old Iron Sides” by the noted and influential engraver Abel Bowen, published in the immediate wake of the ship’s rise to fame during the War of

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