Collection Highlights
Wig curler
1760-1775
INV.5924.77
Clay
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Battle of Lake Erie
Title
Battle of Lake Erie
Medium
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on paper, laid on canvas, nailed to a stretcher
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 26 x 2 in. ( 50.8 x 66 x 5.1 cm )
mat: 28 1/4 x 22 1/4 x 2 in. ( 71.8 x 56.5 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Marine
Credit Line
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number
1963.40
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right outside image in ochre gouache: "G. Ropes."; inscribed to right of center outside image: "BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, BETWEEN THE U.S. FLEET, / COM. PERRY & B.M. FLEET, COM. BARCLAY"; numerous letters inside image identified at lower left of center outside image
Gallery Label
This depicts Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's victory on Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, over the British fleet commanded by Commodore Robert H. Barclay.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
