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| Keywords: Alfred Jacob Miller - "Don?t give up that ship!" - Walters 372463.jpg Captain James Lawrence 1781-1813 was mortally wounded on May 6 1813 during an engagement in the War of 1812 between his ship the USS Chesapeake and the British frigate HMS Shannon While being carried below deck Lawrence is said to have uttered his last command- Don't give up the ship -which became a popular rallying cry of the American navy Miller was interested in patriotic themes throughout his career In this early painting he worked in a tradition of depicting the tragic deaths of military heroes established by Benjamin West John Trumbull and Francesco Bartolozzi ca 1840 oil on paper backed with canvas cm 52 45 7 accession number 37 2463 30919 Virginia Miller Mrs Hush King Sale Chapellier Galleries New York 1969 Walters Art Museum 1969 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1969 Alfred Jacob Miller The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971 Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Alfred Jacob Miller Maryland and the West The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Frostburg State University Frostburg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Rockville; Washington College Chestertown 1988 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Paintings of the naval battle between the HMS Shannon 1806 and the USS Chesapeake 1799 1840 works in the United States 1840 paintings Dying in art Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum People associated with the War of 1812 Naval officers of the United States Oil on paper Alfred Jacob Miller - "Don?t give up that ship!" - Walters 372463.jpg Captain James Lawrence 1781-1813 was mortally wounded on May 6 1813 during an engagement in the War of 1812 between his ship the USS Chesapeake and the British frigate HMS Shannon While being carried below deck Lawrence is said to have uttered his last command- Don't give up the ship -which became a popular rallying cry of the American navy Miller was interested in patriotic themes throughout his career In this early painting he worked in a tradition of depicting the tragic deaths of military heroes established by Benjamin West John Trumbull and Francesco Bartolozzi ca 1840 oil on paper backed with canvas cm 52 45 7 accession number 37 2463 30919 Virginia Miller Mrs Hush King Sale Chapellier Galleries New York 1969 Walters Art Museum 1969 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1969 Alfred Jacob Miller The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971 Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Alfred Jacob Miller Maryland and the West The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Frostburg State University Frostburg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Rockville; Washington College Chestertown 1988 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Paintings of the naval battle between the HMS Shannon 1806 and the USS Chesapeake 1799 1840 works in the United States 1840 paintings Dying in art Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum People associated with the War of 1812 Naval officers of the United States Oil on paper | ||||
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