New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with digital camera-2008.

The Merrimac and Monitor in Hampton Roads March 8, 1862

Attribution C. Reiss (American, active late 1800s)

CultureAmerican

Date1885

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 18 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (46.4 x 76.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 24 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (61.6 x 66.7 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated lower left "Riess 1885" (?); not very distinct.

Credit LineGift of Mr. W.E. Groves

Object number57.40.7

Not on view

DescriptionOil on canvas painting. Very indistinct signature; attributed to C. Riess, although it may be Wilhem J. Riess (born in Germany 1856; died in Chicago in 1919).

Label TextAttributed to C. Reiss American, active late 1800s The Merrimac and Monitor in Hampton Roads March 8, 1862, 1885 Oil on canvas Gift of Mr. W. E. Groves 57.40.7 Exhibition HistoryShown in exhibition "American Processional" at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., beginning July 8 1950 (this exhibition illustrated American history from 1492 to 1900). Shown in L. Snyders' window, January 1958. "The Norfolk Rooms," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, opened August 16, 2014.Published ReferencesIllustration in color in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Feb. 1951.