Hull
Cooper Hewitt

Hull

1813–14

Block printed on handmade paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Commemorates Commodore Isaac Hull and the battle between the "Constitution" and the "Guirriere". Portrait roundel of Hull at bottom, personifications of Victory and Fame on either side. Fame holds a laurel wreath over Hull's head, while Victory is playing a trumpet. A scene of ships appears above this, near top. Blue ground diapered with six-point stars. Foliate or laurel bands along right and left margins.

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