Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862 (Original Color Lithograph)

Currier & Ives.

[New York] : Currier & Ives, 1862

9 1/2 x 13 in., framed. In a wood frame, mounted, under glass by Haley & Steele of Boston.  Color lithographic print of a naval battle scene by the Union Flotilla of 6 Gunboats, commanded by Com. C.H. Davis, and the Rebel fleet of 8 Iron-clads, under Hollins. The action lasted one hour. Two of the Rebel gunboats were blown up and one sunk, when the remainder retreated from the guns of the fort.   A copy was in the collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  "Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne," Gale, 1983, no. 0774.