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

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.

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