Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.

Desperate Encounter Between the Emerson Battery "Monitor" 2 Guns, and the "Merrimac" 12 Guns

CultureAmerican

DateNo Date

MediumLithograph

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (24.8 x 31.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum collection

Object number74.0.25

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DescriptionColor illustration of the Monitor and Merrimac, with the text "in which the Monitor was victorious, the Merrimac towed off in disabled condition."

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