The Sinking Of The Cumberland By The Iron Clad Merrimac, Off Newport News, Va. March 8Th 1862
Artist
F. Newman
Publisher
Currier & Ives
(American, 1834 - 1907)
Date1862
MediumLithograph
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (19.4 x 31.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Object number45.12.10
DescriptionTinted lithograph. Scene shows the Cumberland flying a long red and blue pennant from its center mast and the American flag from halyard. The crew is jumping overboard and swimming to small boats, two men stride a barrel. The Merrimac fires from her forward gun and the Cumberland, tho listing to port at the bow, sends a single shot in return. The Merrimac is shown constructed iwth pyramid superstructure, one smokestack, four gun ports on the port side, one forward, it flies three flags, the two aft identical and the forward one nondescript. At the left middleground a three masted man-o-war stands with three sails set -- one on each mast.
