Image of Union gunboats firing on Confederate-held Fort Henry along the bank of the Tennessee River during the American Civil War; bombs burst in the air. Printer supplied by cataloger based on publisher/printer history.
"Published by Currier & Ives"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St NY"--text, bottom right margin.
"Cincinnati. / St. Louis. / Carondelet. / Essex. / Lexington. / Conestoga. / Tyler."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 31.43 x 40.96 cm (12 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Bombardment--Pictorial works Fort Henry (Tenn.)--Pictorial works Fort Henry, Battle of, Tenn., 1862--Pictorial works Naval battles--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--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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