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Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
1798
1976.56
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Artist/Maker: John Vanderlyn

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Wood fragment from battleship Niagara

Wood fragment from battleship Niagara
Object name 
Wood fragment from battleship Niagara
Date 
ca. 1812
Related People 
Attributed to: Oliver Hazard Perry
Related People 
Former Owner: Richard C. McKay
Medium 
Wood, brass, paper
Dimensions 
Overall: 119 x 57.6 x 17.4mm (4 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Description 
Wood fragment with brass plaque affixed: "SOUVENIR BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE. SEPTEMBER 10th. 1813./ PIECE OF STANCHIO FROM PERRYS/ BATTLESHIP "NIAGARA" ". According to a typed note accompanying the piece, it was given to donor McKay by Captain W. L. Morrison, of Erie, PA, who raised the remains of Niagara from Lake Erie in 1913.
Credit Line 
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925
Object Number 
2008.42.405
Gallery Label 
Added to the Naval History donation in 1932; gift of Richard McKay.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.