The Last Gunboat
Painting
Contemporary artist Ernest Haas was best known for his renditions of historical moments in the Champlain Valley. This one captures the moment when our archaeologists visited the Spitfire site with a remotely operated vehicle in 1997, confirming that the gunboat-shaped image found during that summer’s sonar survey was, in fact, the last gunboat from the Patriot fleet.
Panel
Acrylic
This painting depicts a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) viewing the last surviving gunboat from Benedict Arnold's Revolutionary War fleet on Lake Champlain, Spitfire. Spitfire remains on the lake bottom with its mast nearly fully intact.
Ernest Haas Collection
1997
36 in
22 in
Unframed
If reproduced, the credit line should read: The Last Gunboat. Ernest Haas, 1997. Acrylic on Panel. 36in x 22in. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Collection.
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum welcomes the reproduction of images from our collection. Interested parties are asked to please contact info@lcmm.org for more information. Credit Line should read: The Last Gunboat Ernest Haas, 1997 Acrylic on Panel Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Collection