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1--The Burning of the Gaspee
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Doley
Burning of the Gaspee by Doley

Courtesy Gaspee Days Committee
Public Domain
DoleySketch
Burning of the Gaspee

Charcoal sketch draft of painting by Doley
Courtesy Gaspee Days Committee
Public Domain
Brownell
Burning of the Gaspee by Charles DeWolfe Brownell, 1892
Courtesy RI Historical Society
BrownellBlueFuzz
Burning of the Gaspee by Brownell in altered bluetone

Courtesy RI Historical Society

Soldwedel
Burning of the Gaspee
by Kip Soldwedel
from purchased eBay print image
Rittmann
Burning of the Gaspee
Mural by Karl Rittmann
Courtesy Rittmann-art.com

Go to Artist's Website

Palthorpe
Burning of the Gaspee
by Robert James Pailthorpe

Created for the RI Bicentennial Commission
Taylor
Burning of the Gaspee
by Will S. Taylor

Mural from Firemen's Mutual Insurance Company-Providence
Doerflinger
Burning of the Gaspee
by Karl Doerflinger
Courtesy KarlDoerflinger.com

Scroll down to see on
Artist's Website

Adkins
Burning of the Gaspee
by Jay Adkins
source unknown
Woodcarving
Burning of the Gaspee
by Artist Unknown
from an old woodcarving
McKevin
Destruction of the Schooner Gaspé
by J. McKevin, Engraved by J Rogers
engraving based on earlier woodcarving
Found in History of New York, c1872
King1
The Burning of the Gaspee
by Frederick Leonard King
From eBay posting
King2
The Gaspee Affair
by Frederick Leonard King
From eBay posting
May
Burning of the Gaspee Schooner
by W. W. May
Very inaccurate--no other ships or towns were present. Published in History of England from the Earliest Times to 1883
RIMall
Burning of the Gaspee
wall mural displayed at
Rhode Island Mall
Haun
Burning of the Gaspee
by Haun
Smoke damaged, awaiting restoration.
Originally hung in New\port Creamery and later in Gaspee Lounge
Unknown1
Burning of the Gaspee
Artist Unknown
Source Unknown
RIAgricultureBank
Burning of the Gaspee
Artist Unknown
depicted on $3 obsolete note by Rhode Island Agricultural Bank
Tercentennial
Burning of the Gaspee
From a Tercentennial Post Card image
Chipman
Burning of the Gaspee
Artist Unknown
depicted on book cover The Navy Boys in Defense of Liberty
by Wm. P. Chipman
Alderman
Burning of the Gaspee
Artist Unknown
depicted on cover of 
The Rhode Island Colony
by C. L. Alderman
Bridgman
Explosion of the Gaspee
by L. E. Bridgman
taken from
When We Destroyed the Gaspee
by James Otis-Kaler
RICH
Burning of the Gaspee
by Artist Unknown

Courtesy RI Committee on the Humanities

While used occasionally through the years to depict the Gaspee, this explosion is obviously that of an earlier 17th century ship of the line, and NOT a schooner

WPS
Burning of the Gaspee
Courtesy Warwick Public Schools
BrownellBlue
Burning of the Gaspee
bluetone
by Charles DeWolfe Brownell, 1892
Courtesy RI Historical Society
GaspeeFire
Gaspee Fire logo
Virtual Retro-League Baseball Team
Pyle
Burning of the Gaspee

from Harpers Monthly Magazine
August 1883
Gaspee-Watson
Burning of the Gaspee
Etching first appearing in History of the United States of America by Henry Clay Watson 1854, p322, possibly by Croome or Devereaux.
Sawyer
Burning of the Gaspee
This appears to be a repainting of the etching from Watson's History

Barber2
Burning of the Gaspee
from Thrilling Incidents in American History by Barber, 1860
Wedgwood
Burning of the Gaspee
depicted on Wedgwood Quuensware collector plate c1976


Burning of the Gaspee
Source & Artist unknown

GaspeeLantern
Gaspee Magic Lantern Slide
This item was found on eBay 4/2005 in Scituate, RI, and is owned by the webmaster
ConsideredPublic Domain
GorhamSilver
Gorham Silver Plate

Image licenced from Pailthorpe

Burning of the Gaspee
once owned by John Nicholas Brown
b/w newspaper photo c1966

1826 Banner Detail
1826 Parade Banner
by Samuel J. Bower

See 1826 Parade Info

Higginson
Burning of the Gaspee
by Higginson

in A Larger History of the USA-1886
Considered Public Domain by GooglePrint

Pailthorpe
Burning of the Gaspee

Sketch by Robert James Pailthorpe
commissioned by Congdon & Carpenter Steel Co.
Gaspee-Bacon
Burning of the Gaspee
by Edgar M. Bacon

Narragansett Bay: Its Historic.., 1904
Gaspee by Wells
Burning of the Gaspee
by Jacob Wells

appearing in Abbott's American History (1864),  p225

Wedgewood
Burning of the
Gaspee
depicted on 1936 RI commemorative plate
by Wedgewood



The Burning of the Gaspee
by H. B. Vestal
appearing in
The Story of American Sailing Ships  (1957)

John Sisson
The Burning of the Gaspee
by John Sisson (1966)

Commercial Print

Magnus
British ship Gaspee
by Don Magnus

Post Card cachet

GaspeeBurnPlaque2006
2006 Burning Gaspee Plaque

Armstrong
Armstrong Bronze Plate

Gaspee by Wall
Burning of the Gaspee
by G. Wall

From the corner of an old colored print depicting the Newport Colony House.

Townshend 
Townshend Acts
Bronze coin

Artist/producer unknown

Taken from purchase on eBay
FranklinMint
Burning of the Gaspee
Pewter coin
by Franklin Mint

Taken from purchase on eBay
RIHS
Burning of the Gaspee
Bronze coin
by Franklin Mint
for the RI Historical Society
Taken from purchase on eBay
RoyalMint
Burning of the Gaspee
Silver Coin
by The Royal Mint
for American Express Co

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