Discipline: Visual Arts

Political Posteriors: Analyzing Primary Sources

Artwork depicting the battle between USS Constitution and HMS Java

Original letter from Commodore William Bainbridge to George Harrison regarding his medal, dated October 28, 1817, with transcription

Constitution & Guerriere, by George Ropes, Jr.

Wine Decanter

Sailors Telling Time: Half Hour Glass

Hammock Plan from 1794

All Hands Shorten Sail Ahoy!

Reefing Topsails, 1832

Working Music: Sea Chanties & Call-and-Response Poetry

Reading Symbols

Medal for the Victory at the Battle of Lake Erie

Paintings of USS Constitution

Essay on Captain Hull’s Urn

USS Constitution as a National Symbol

A Boxing Match or Another Bloody Nose for John Bull (Political Cartoon)

Make Your Own: An Officer’s Hat (like Whipple’s)

Replica Drum

Artifact: Swivel Howitzer

John Lord’s Powder Horn: Art at Sea

Recruiting Through the Years: Art and Advertising

John Lord’s Seabag

Design your Own Sea Bag

Flat Guerriere Activity

Captain Hull’s Pocket Watch

Captain Hull’s Seal

Plate Removed from HMS Guerriere

Captain Hull’s Silver Presentation Urn

Captain Hull’s Dress Sword and Scabbard

Artist’s Depiction: The Engagement between the USS Constitution and HMS Cyane and Levant