Lot 366
American School (New York, early 19th c.), 'The U.S.S. President, 1814', oil on glass and paper, c. 1814, signed illegibly and on reverse, top right, 9.75in. x 14.5in., framed. Note: The U.S.S. President was one of originally 44-gun frigates commissioned by the Naval Act in 1794. Launched in 1800, she saw action against the Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli from 1804-05 and prolonged duty on patrol in the North Atlantic, before her engagement with the H M.S. Little Belt, a significant event that heightened hostility between Britain and the U.S., and helped to precipitate the War of 1812. During that conflict she proved indispensable until blockaded in New York Harbor for a year. She sailed finally on January 14, 1815 and was captured the next day by a fleet led by the H.M.S. Endymion. She was scuttled at Portsmouth in 1817. Provenance: From the estate of noted New Orleans antiquarian Juanita Elfert.
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