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(digital file from original print)
LC-USZ62-3706
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PGA - Currier & Ives--Sinking of the "Cumberland" ...
Currier & Ives.
The sinking of the "Cumberland" by the iron clad "Merrimac", off Newport News Va. March 8th 1862
[graphic] /
sketched by F. Newman, Newport News, Va.
[New York] :
[Published by Currier & Ives],
[1862]
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York
1 print :
lithograph ;
sheet 29.3 x 41.5 cm.
still image
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Caption continues: The "Cumberland" went down with all her Flags flying: destroyed, but not conquered. Her gallant Commander Lieut. Morris calling to his crew "Give them a Broadside boys, as she goes".
Publication date based on copyright statement on item.
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Inscribed in ink on lower right: May 6, 1862.
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Blind stamp on bottom, left center: Copyright Library Nov 19 1862.
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Stamped in lower right: Deposited in U.S. District Clerks Office District of New York.
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Label attached to verso: Library of Congress Art Department. No. R1815
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonneĢ / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983,
no. 5924
Print shows "Cumberland" getting off last shots before rolling onto its side and sinking; the ironclad "Virginia", formerly the "Merrimack", approaches from the side, firing on the sinking ship. Sailors who have abandoned ship are being rescued by nearby small sailboats and rowboats.
No known restrictions on publication.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Virginia (Ironclad)
Cumberland (Frigate)
Merrimack (Frigate)
Armored vessels
Confederate
1860-1870.
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Battleships
Union
1860-1870.
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Naval warfare
1860-1870.
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United States
History
Civil War, 1861-1865
Naval operations
Union.
United States
History
Civil War, 1861-1865
Naval operations
Confederate.
Lithographs
1860-1870.
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Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress)
(DLC) 2003656552
Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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digital file from original print
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09817
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.09817
digital file from b&w film copy neg.
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a07176
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