2-637-167 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Capture of the President', c1815. The capture of the American heavy frigate USS 'President' by the British on 15 January 1815. The 'President' was captured after she was damaged by the British frigate HMS 'Endymion' while attempting to escape the British blockade of New York during the War of 1812. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]