# Edward Duncan - The Explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri

- By: Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton / Edward Duncan / George Pechell Mends / Adam Cuerden
- Date: between 1843 and 1850
- Classification: Print
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- Rights: Public domain
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"The Explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralter \[sic\], Aug. 26th, 1843" - Chromolithograph showing the crew of H.M.S. Malabar (foreground, left) watching as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from accidental fire, after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior.

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Drawn by E. Duncan, from a sketch made on the spot by Lieut. G.P. Mands, T.G. Dutton lith.; MALABAR; Day & Haghe Lithrs to the Queen. To Captn Sir George Sartorius and the Officers of the H.M.S. Malabar--this print is respectfully dedicated by their obedient servant, Edmund Fry London, Ackermann & Co Strand, Foster. Fenchurch Street _ Plymouth Edmund Fry

The original drawing by Duncan can be found here: