Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Elegy on the death of James Lawrence, Esq. late commander of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake.
Call Number
E Row 2/GC053/Box 04/Normal GA 2024.04582
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc70795p559
Publisher
[Boston] : (Published according to act of Congress.) A. Bowen, printer., [1813?]
Language
English
Date Created
1813
Format
Book
Extent
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations. ; 38 x 28 cm.
References
Sinclair Hamilton Collection no. 433
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Verse of fifty-six lines; first line: Lamented Lawrence! while a generous foe.
At head is a wood engraving of a monument with inscription, "Sweet sleep the brave. Jas. Lawrence, Esquire. Died, June 4th, 1813. Aged 31 years." Signed: Design'd & engrav'd by A. Bowen.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
On silk. Text in two columns on broadside; printed area measures 32.7 x 20.8 cm.
Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.
Princeton copy 1 Mounted in mat.

Discovery Information

Subject
Lawrence, James 1781-1813

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/332575eb-9fcf-4ad4-9c78-030cbdbb05c6/manifest