Captain Isaac Hull, 1775-1843, between 1812 and 1854

  • William Strickland, American, 1787-1854

Etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on japan paper

  • Image: 6 3/4 × 6 5/8 inches (17.1 × 16.8 cm) Sheet (no visible plate mark): 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)

Gift of Eleanor Clay Ford

46.123

Signed, in pencil, bottom right edge: Strickland

Inscribed, in plate between image and banderole: Aquatint by W. Strickland Inscribed, on the banderole, lower left: FIRST IN VICTORY Inscribed, on the banderole, lower right: lower right: FIRST IN BATTLE Inscribed, center bottom margin: Captain I. Hull | Eluded the British Fleet July 1812 _ Captured the Guerriere Aug. 1812.

1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

William Strickland, Captain Isaac Hull, 1775-1843, between 1812 and 1854, etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Eleanor Clay Ford, 46.123.