2-637-160 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Constitution and the Java, c1813, (1924). The engagement and destruction of the British frigate HMS 'Java' by the American heavy frigate USS 'Constitution' on 29 December 1812. 'Java' surrendered to the Americans, but being too badly damaged to be worth claiming as a prize, she was set on fire and blew up. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]