Cutting-Out Exploit, the British Capture of the ''Somers'' and the ''Ohio'' in the Niagara River off Fort Erie (Ontario), 12 August 1814
Date1913 circa
Names
Huron (Ship : 1814-1817)
(subject)
Ohio (Ship : 1812-1814)
(subject)
Sauk (Ship : 1814-1817)
(subject)
Somers (Ship : 1812-1814)
(subject)
Staples, Owen, 1866-1949
(contributor)
United States. Navy
(subject)
FormatPicture
NotesInscribed in pencil, vso u.l.: A ''Cutting Out'' Exploit; vso c.r.: Cutting out Expedition; vso l.r. to l.c. (key): Porcupine / The Somers / The Ohio; vso c .1. & t., with rough sketches & colour notations; In pen & ink, mat l.l. to c. key): U.S.S. PORCUPINE / U.S.S. SOMERS / U.S.S. OHIO Manufacturer's imprint on board, vso (trimmed): [...] WINSOR [...]||JRR mat & printed caption separate. After their capture the Somers and the Ohio were renamed H.M.S. Sauk and Huron respectively.
Medium
Dimensions157 x 515 mm.
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Object NumberJRR1163CabIV-Snider
Approximately 1913

