Photo: U.S. frigate PHILADELPHIA, Tripolitan gunboats, 1803-1860?, Lybia, warshi

Photograph Size: 8x12 | Ready to frame in any standard size frame | Frame Not Included | Archival Quality Reproduction |

Photograph Description: A perspective view of the loss of the U.S. frigate Philadelphia in which is represented her relative position to the Tripolitan gunboats... Published: [between 1803 and 1860?]] Summary: Photograph shows Tripolitan gun boats firing on the U.S.S. Philadelphia and during the Tripolitan Wars, 1803. Notes: Title from item. Original engraving by Charles Denoon not in LC collection, which has only a black-and-white reproduction. Subjects: Warships--American--Lybia--Tripoli--1800-1810. United States--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805--Naval operations. Engravings--Reproductions--1940-1950. Photographic prints--1940-1950.