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Description
Painted by G.H. Preble who was midshipman aboard the United States. He wrote the following on the back of this watercolor, 'U.S. Frigate, United States, in a gale of wind, 1832, called par excellence the Mycona Gale, being the heaviest gale of wind known in the Mediterranean the last 30 years and causing a rise of tide within the straits of several feet. The French line of battle ship Superbe was lost in endeavoring to weather the gale not having room to wear. The United States escaped the same fate by having room to wear and standing out between the islands of Andrea and Tino.'
About This Item
- Title: U.S. Frigate United States, 1832
- Creator: G. H. Preble
- Creation Date: 1832
- Subject Date: 1832
- Media: Watercolor
- Dimensions: 22 cm x 28 cm
- Local Code: 1997.1.28.7
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mycona Gale
- Sailing ships--France
- Sailing ships--Mediterranean--Paintings
- Sailing ships--United States
- Ships
- Storms--Mediterranean--Paintings
- Superbe (Ship)--France
- United States (Frigate)--Paintings
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