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Thomas M. M. Hemy
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On this page we will add in such additional data as comes to hand
respecting the 1813 sea battle between H.M.S. Shannon & U.S.S. Chesapeake, to add to the data already on site in pages
22
&
23.
A 1921 PRINT BY ARTIST HENRY REUTERDAHL
An e-Bay
item available as
a 'Buy-It-Now' item in
Oct. 2006, provided a Henry Reuterdahl image of the 'The Capture of the Chesapeake by the Shannon - The Struggle on the
Quarterdeck.' Since the item is now ancient & is no longer available I have cut the exact data as to source.
The print was described as an original half-tone print - artist signed at bottom
left.
I slightly reduced the image so it could fill the page full width here. And to permit viewing the whole image, have shown the words
under the print as a separate image. It would seem that it was published in Scribner's
Magazine, in 1921. An 8 1/2 x 7 inch print.
Some members of the boarding party look to be pirates! Would they in fact have been dressed as
they are depicted?
Henry Reuterdahl? Henry (1871-1925), was, I read, one of America's leading maritime painters
& best known for his paintings of Navy warships &
recruiting posters for World War I. He was, it would seem a Lieutenant in the United States Navy
& lived in New Jersey. This
page says he was hand chosen by President Roosevelt to accompany the U.S. fleet
& document
its voyage on canvas. It would appear however that he had written an article
to be published in McClure's Magazine of Jan. 1908 ('The needs of our Navy') regarding fleet
readiness - a critical article it would seem. By the time that the magazine was published, the fleet was at sea. And as a result he was landed at
Punta Arenas, Chile, to find his own way home. I guess nothing has changed in the interval has it! Witness the 'whistle-blower' issues
of today. Criticism is not wanted by any bureaucracy, be it government,
military or
business, especially, alas, when the criticism happens to be true!
There is an image of the artist
here,
dating from 1908. There does not seem to be a lot of information about him on
the WWW but what I did find, all beyond the purpose of these pages, was most
interesting, & particularly this
page.
I will add here, in due
course, whatever additional data I later find about the subject. If YOU have any new data,
I would welcome your
contacting me.
Thomas M. M. Hemy datapages
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02
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03 are now on site. Plus all
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