The First Battle Between "Iron" Ships of War, The "Monitor" 2 Guns and "Merrimac" 10 Guns. The Merrimac was Crippled and the Whole Rebel-Fleet Driven Off
Publisher
Henry Bill
CultureAmerican
Date1862
MediumLithograph
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 x 17 5/8 in. (26.7 x 44.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm)
Inscribed"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Henry Bill in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the US for the District of Connecticut."
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Object number45.12.17
Not on view
DescriptionColored lithograph. The scene shows the iron clads battling in the foreground, the Cumberland sinking at the left, and in the background, Newport News, Rebel Steamers Jamestown and Yorktown, Congress, Sewells Point and Minnesota, the ships firing upon each other.
