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Image Not Available for Terrific Combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 10 Guns
Terrific Combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 10 Guns
Image Not Available for Terrific Combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 10 Guns

Terrific Combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 10 Guns

Artist F. Newman
Publisher Currier & Ives (American, 1834 - 1907)
CultureAmerican
DateMarch 9, 1862
MediumLithograph
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (32.4 x 42.9 cm)
Overall, Plate: 10 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. (26 x 36.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number74.0.31
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DescriptionThis is a print from a sketch furnished by F. Newman of Norfolk, Virginia, and published by Currier & Ives, depicting the battle between the Merrimac and Monitor ironclad.

Published ReferencesBen Ford et. al., _Our Blue Planet: An Introduction to Maritime and Underwater Archaeology_ (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020) 342, fig. 12.11.
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