USS Constitution - 'Old Ironsides' by Ivan Berryman. [Original Painting]

Launched in 1797, the USS Constitution was the third of her class to be constructed at Edmund Hartt's shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts, this fine ship spending most of her early years in local waters, protecting merchantmen from French marauders. She is best remembered, however, for her decisive conquests against British ships during the war of 1812, among them the Guerriere against whom the Constitution gained her nickname 'Old Ironsides'. She continued to serve until 1881 and is still afloat today, the oldest seagoing warship in the world.

Original oil on canvas painting by Ivan Berryman.

Size 24 inches x 18 inches (61cm x 46cm)