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Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac

Description
Image of the naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack) from the coastline during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback view ironclad warships attacking a Union battleship while soldiers and civilians rescue sailors from the water with lifeboats; soldiers fire cannons from fort at right.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
©1889
Call number
priJLC_MIL_000750
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Abbott, Nathan B., (1833-)
Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894.)
Bachmann, John, (active 1849-1885.)
Baillie, James S., (active 1838-1855.)
Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1837-1914.)
Baum, C., (approximately 1824-)
Becker, O. (1826-1909.)
Beever, W. A. (1824-1891.)
Benecke, Theodore. (approximately 1816-)
Bien, Julius, (approximately 1823-1896.)
Bill, Henry, (1816-1886.)
Blatz, Henry. (1810-1870.)
Boell, William. (1823-1894.)
Boetticher, Otto, (1799-1857.)
Bohn, Casimir. (1837-1916.)
Brady, Mathew B., (1820-1910.)
Brown, Barzilai S. (1806-1877.)
Brown, E., (1802-1848.)
Bufford, John Henry, (1812-1895.)
Chapin, John Reuben, (1827-1885.)
Childs, J. (approximately 1790-)
Clay, Edward Williams, (-1906.)
Clarke, Wm. M. (active 1867-1868.)
Combe (1838-1894.)
Combe, Voltaire, (1823-1907.)
Dainty, John (1867-1949.)
Davis, W. W. H. (1831-1874.)
Day, Ward S. (1821-1902.)
De La Matyr, E. B. (approximately 1823-)
Donovan, John (1793-1880.)
Doolittle, H. S. (1844-1883.)
Eaton, Amos Beebe, (1830-1879.)
Endicott, George, (1821-1897.)
Eno, Henry C. (1812-1876.)
Fabronius, Dominique C. (1821-1910.)
Fenderich, Charles. (1798-1866.)
Feusier, A. (active 19th century.)
Fisher, Robert J., (1820 or 1821-1886.)
Fox, Stanley. (1841-1926.)
Fritsch, F. J. (-1850.)
Fuchs, F. (approximately 1826-)
Garland, Francis. (1833-1918.)
Gay, James D. (1804-1885.)
Gibson, John (1830-1906.)
Gurney, Jeremiah, (1843-1924.)
Heine, Wilhelm, (1834-1909.)
Hoffy, Alfred M., (1812-1897.)
Holland, R. (1826?-1879.)
Hopps, Harry R. (1846-1901.)
Joel, Joseph A., (active 1831-1856.)
Johnson, Chauncey A. (1830-1927.)
Jones, T. R. (1848-1930.)
Kelly, Thos., (1820-1897.)
Kemper, H. W. (1808-1896.)
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, (1791-1862.)
King, C. Frank. (1808-1892.)
Knickerbocker, C. (1836-1918.)
Kramer, Peter, (approximately 1792-1859.)
Kugler, L. (1831-1898.)
Lipman, L.
Lyons, W.
Magee, John L.
Magnus, Charles.
Marshall, R. B.
Mathews, Alfred Edward,
McCallum, Andrew,
McCallum, J.
McElroy
McLean, A.
McRae, John,
Milmore, Martin,
Needham, Dwight.
Newman, F.
Noble, William Pinkney,
Ordway, Alfred,
Palmer, F.
Parsons, Charles,
Pendleton, John B.,
Perry, George T.
Phelps, Humphrey,
Poinsett, A.
Porter, Geo. W.
Pringle, J.
Pringle, James Fulton.
Queen, James Fuller,
Reed, Charles Wellington,
Robinson, Henry R.,
Roesler, J. Nep.,
Rosenthal, L. N.
Rosenthal, Max,
Russell, Benjamin,
Sartain, Samuel,
Sartain, William,
Schabelitz, C.
Schell, Francis H.,
Schell, Frederic B.
Schrader, Theodore,
Schroeder, H.
Schussele, Christian,
Schutz, J.
Schwamb, Chas. A.
Scott, Julian,
Sergeant, Robert W.
Smith, A. C.,
Smith, B. F.
Smith, William,
Soderholtz, E. E.
Stetfield, C.
Strong, Thomas W.
Swinton, Frederick J.
Thulstrup, Thure de,
Traubel, M. H.
Trochsler, A.
Walke, Henry,
Walter, C.
Weale, John,
Welcker, F.
Whiting, Daniel Powers,
Willard, Archibald M.,
Williams, Job T.,
Woods, Oliver Evans.
Yeager, Joseph,
Newell, John Perry,
Associated organizations
A. Brett & Co.
A. Brown & Co.
A. Hoen & Co.
American Lithographic Co.
B.B. Russell & Co.
Baker & Godwin.
Bingham & Dodd.
Boston Stereotype Foundry.
Breuker & Kessler Co.
Britton & Rey.
Bross & Co.
Burk & McFetridge.
Caldwell & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Calhoun Printing Company.
Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)
Clay, Cosack & Co.
Craig, Finley & Co.
Crow, Thomas & Eno.
Currier & Ives.
Daughaday & Becker.
E. Sachse & Co.
E.W. Smith & Co.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm)
Easel Monument Association.
Edward Weber & Co.
Ehrgott & Forbriger.
Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
F. A. Wenderoth & Co.
Feusier & Turberg.
G. & W. Endicott (Firm)
Geo. S. Harris & Son.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Goff & Bro.
Goupil & Cie.
H.H. Lloyd & Co.
H.S. Crocker & Co.
Harper & Brothers.
Haskell & Allen.
Hayes Lithographing Co.
Herline & Hensel.
Hilton & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Historical Printing Society.
J.H. Bufford & Co.
J.H. Bufford's Lith.
J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith.
Jas. B. Rodgers Co.
Julius Bien & Co.
Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Keystone Publishing Co.
Kimmel & Forster.
King & Baird.
Kurz & Allison.
L. Johnson & Co.
L. Prang & Co.
L.H. Bradford & Co.
Lewis & Goodwin.
Lit. Armanino.
Matson & Co.
Mayer & Stetfield.
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.
Middleton, Strobridge & Co.
Milwaukee Lith. & Engr. Co.
Monumental Bronze Co.
Muller, Luchsinger & Co.
National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)
P.S. Duval & Co.
P.S. Duval & Son.
Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co.
Recorder Co.
Risso Lith.
Sarony & Co.
Sarony & Major.
Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.
Schroeder & Sanders.
Strobridge Lithographing Company.
T. Sinclair's Lith.
Taber Prang Art Co.
Theo. Leonhardt & Son.
Thomas & Eno.
Truth Co.
United States Military Register Co.
W. Endicott & Co.
W. Schuchman Lith.
Wagner & M'Guigan.
Werner Company.
Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas.
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