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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
The First Naval Conflict Between Iron Clad Vessels. In Hampton Roads, March 9Th 1862.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The First Naval Conflict Between Iron Clad Vessels. In Hampton Roads, March 9Th 1862.

Artist Charles Parsons (American, 1821-1910)
CultureAmerican
Date1862
MediumLithograph
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/8 x 20 1/2 in. (34 x 52.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
Inscribed"Drawn by C. Parsons"; "Published by Endicott & Co., Lith. 59 Beekman St. NY"; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by S.C.A. Lothridge in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York"
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Object number45.12.12
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DescriptionColored lithograph, showing Merrimac and Monitor in foreground and Sewells Point, Ships; Jamestown, Yorktown, Rebel Tug, Cumberland, Congress, Minnesota, Newport News, eight small scenes around two sides and Ericsson, Eagle and Flags and Caloric Engine at top. Information on Monitor at left bottom margin. Information on Merrimac at right bottom margin. Top corners rounded.

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