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Sepia lithograph of a steam frigate burning at sea while crowded rowing boats evacuate its crew in the foreground.

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The Burning of the United States steam frigate Missouri at Gibraltar Augt 26th 1843 - falling of the mainmast and explosion of the last gun - everybody had quitted the vessel RMG PY0897, Edward Duncan (1843), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A sepia-toned lithograph shows the steam frigate Missouri engulfed in flames and billowing smoke, its masts and rigging silhouetted against the sky. Crowds of people fill several rowing boats in the foreground, while other vessels and a fortified shoreline appear in the background.

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