Engagement between Constitution and Guerrière | Thomas Birch | 1813
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Constitution rises under sail beside the dismasted Guerrière, whose low hull lies exposed on the choppy water. Birch contrasts the surviving rigging of the American frigate with the broken structure of her opponent, making the outcome legible through the ships themselves. Small boats in the foreground bring human activity into a scene dominated by sea and cloud. Painted in 1813, the work commemorates the encounter of August 1812 without losing its close attention to weather, distance and the construction of the vessels.
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