Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers
Scene from a Civil War naval battle. Smoke billows up and to the right at the collision of the Merrimac and Monitor in battle. Steamships circle in the background.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers
- Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1862
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 7 5/8 × 12 1/8 in. (19.4 × 30.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/16 × 15 1/8 in. (28.1 × 38.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
- Object Number: 63.550.340
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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