Image of Union and Confederate ironclad ships the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack), steamships & sailing ships engaged in battle at sea during the American Civil War. Printer supplied by cataloger based on printer/publisher history.
"Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St New York"--text, bottom right margin.
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."--text, bottom center margin.
"The first battle between iron clad ships of war."--text, bottom center margin.
"From a Sketch furnished by F. Newman of Norfolk, Va."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 30.8 x 40.96 cm (12 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Battles--Pictorial works Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862--Pictorial works Monitor (Ironclad)--Pictorial works Naval battles--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Virginia (Ironclad)--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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