Painting Bombarick Rock

Description:

Psyche was a brig of war belonging to the British East India Company's private navy. It carried 32 guns and was commanded by Captain Edgecombe. Piracy was a constant danger, so besides carrying marine insurance, some bigger companies employed their own private navies to help ward off attack. The picture shows the East India Company's brig of war Psyche attacking and chasing Arab pirates around Bombarick rock in the Persian Gulf on September 13, 1816.

Date Made: ca 1840

Maker: Hornbrook, Thomas L.

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Maritime

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Maritime, Cigna Maritime Collection, Transportation, Art

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2005.0279.056Accession Number: 2005.0279Catalog Number: 2005.0279.056

Object Name: paintingpainting, oil

Physical Description: oil on canvas (overall material)Measurements: without frame: 23 in x 18 in; 58.42 cm x 45.72 cmwith frame: 14 3/4 in x 20 1/2 in; 37.465 cm x 52.07 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-1a43-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1301980

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