USS Constitution

In a recent post I wrote that I was attempting to paint the USS Constitution to represent the ship on 19 August, 1812, the day she encountered the HMS Guerrière.  Michele Felice Corne was commissioned to memorialize the event by Capt. Hull soon after the ship made port.  I felt that the colors Corne used, and Capt. Hull accepted, would most closely represent the colors of the ship on that day.

Notes of color on a photo representation of one of Corne's four paintings representing the battle between the USS Constitution and the HMS Guerrière. Note:There are no gun port lids present.