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Lithograph by N. Currier from 1844 with the title Awful Explosion of the Peace-Maker on board the U.S. Steam Frigate, Princeton. The illustration shows the catastrophic explosion of the Peacemaker experimental naval ship gun aboard the USS Princeton on February 28, 1844. The accident on the Potomac River immediately killed US Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer, among others. The incident led to a severe political crisis in Washington, American history, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical
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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Notre référence
BRK26I55_457
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Libre de droits
Format disponible
85.9Mo (28.6Mo) / 52.8cm x 40.7cm / 6242 x 4810 (300dpi)