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Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers

Currier & Ives · 1857–1907

Maximum print size

26.2 × 18.8 cm · 10.3 × 7.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,094 × 2,231 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame
35.6 × 27.9 cm · 14.0 × 11.0 in
Mat opening
26.2 × 18.8 cm · 10.3 × 7.4 in
Mat border, sides
4.6 cm · 1.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom
4.6 cm · 1.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
1862
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Type
Prints
Size
19.4 × 30.8 cm · 7.6 × 12.1 in
Orientation
landscape
Subjects
American Civil War, Battles, Ships
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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