Terrific Engagement between the "Monitor" 2 Guns, and "Merrimac" 10 Guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862
Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812-1876)
Date:
1862
Publisher / Location:
Currier & Ives, New York City
Medium:
Color lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
15 3/4 H x 22 1/8 W
Inscription:
Printed below image, lower right: F.F. Palmer. Del.; labels identifying subjects, below image: Newport News. Minnesota [ship]. Fortress Monroe. Rebel Steamers Jamestown and Yorktown. Sewalls Point; lower margin: The First Fight between Iron Ships of War. / In Which the merrimac was crippled, and the whole Rebel Fleet driven back to Norfolk / Pubd. By Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau st. New York.
Credit:
Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase
Accession Number:
1961.68
