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Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
First Naval Conflict Between Iron Clad Vessels
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.

First Naval Conflict Between Iron Clad Vessels

Artist Charles Parsons (American, 1821-1910)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1864
MediumLithograph
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number74.0.28
On View
Not on view
DescriptionColor lithograph depicting the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, with smaller images showing details of the inside of the ships, as well as Ericsson and the caloric engine.