Terrific Combat Between The ""Monitor"" 2 Guns & ""Merrimac"" 10 Guns.

Creator

Currier and Ives

Files

Creator Role

publisher

Description

Reproduction of Currier & Ives: ""Terrific Combat Between The ""Monitor"" 2 Guns & ""Merrimac"" 10 Guns..."" From Portfolio #2 of an 8 portfolio set: ""Currier & Ives...Engravings For The PeopleOf The Civil War."" A color print which depicts a naval battle between two iron clad ships.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

10 3/4 X 15 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper; engraving (printing process)

Inscription

recto bottom center: "Terrific Combat Between The "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 10 Guns./ In Hameton Roads, Match 9th 1862./ In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebels Steamers."

Subjects

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations. Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862

Work Type

color print--reproduction (derivative object)

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Source

Objects 519.1-519.7

ID

519.4

Digital ID

FVW_00519.4

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.