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Jay T. Last collection of military prints and ephemera
Series II. Military prints and ephemera (large size)
Subseries A. American Civil War (large size)
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac

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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.

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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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