New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to ChromeAdd to Firefox

Engulfed steam frigate burning in harbour at night, with crowded rowing boats pulling away from the flaming hull.

Download free

Free download

1,200 × 881 px · JPG

This file is 1,200 pixels on the long side, with no account and no watermark. The page also names the museum that holds the work and gives its medium.

Download
PaletteShow the 3 main colors of this work

Select a color to copy its hex code

All 3 colors in one file, ready to load as swatches in Adobe, Procreate, GIMP or Krita, or as CSS variables.

Palette file

Credit this image

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 (cropped), Edward Duncan (1843), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

Why is this public domain? Wikimedia Commons lists this work as public domain.

About this work

A large steam frigate is engulfed in flames and billowing smoke while its masts tilt and fall, as crowded rowing boats withdraw across the calm water. Other vessels and a distant fortified hillside are visible in the harbour.

File page on Wikimedia Commons