John B. Guerazzi
The Burning of the American Fregate [sic] the Philadelphia in the Harbour of Tripoli

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Artist John B. Guerazzi Italian, active c. 1800– c.1810

CultureItalian

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The Burning of the American Fregate [sic] the Philadelphia in the Harbour of Tripoli

Date1805

PlaceLivorno, Italy

MediumHand-colored line engraving on laid paper

DimensionsImage: 11 3/16 × 15 7/16 in. (28.4 × 39.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 16 3/4 in. (31 × 42.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Robert H. Allen, Jack S. Blanton, Sr., Jack S. Blanton, Jr., Roy Cullen, Mark Elias, Ike Massey, Dee S. Osborne, Harry Reasoner, Blake Tartt, and Blake Tartt III at "One Great Night in November, 1992"

Object numberB.92.16

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Provenance[Mongenson Wunderlich Gallery, Chicago, 1992]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Exhibition History"Classical Taste in America: 1800–1840," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 29–July 24, 1994
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed: The burning of the American Fregate the Philadelphia in the Harbour of Tripoli happily executed by the valiant Cap: Decatur to whom this Plate is respectfully dedicated by his Obedient Servant / John B: Guerrazzi / Sold in Leghorn 1805 [Mugridge and Conover 1972, p. 74]

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