Destruction of the rebel monster Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th 1862" – Antique Wall Art
![Destruction of the rebel monster Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th 1862", [New York] : Currier & Ives, [1862?] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6e/6eb4db8bb1ae-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique lithograph of Destruction of the rebel monster Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th 1862" brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Destruction of the rebel monster Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th 1862"
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Currier & Ives turned the ironclad *Merrimac* into a subject for its hand-colored lithograph of May 11, 1862, the day Confederate forces abandoned Norfolk and destroyed the ship rather than let Union troops capture her. The title places the blaze off Craney Island, near the mouth of the Elizabeth River. Confederates had rebuilt the former USS *Merrimac* as the CSS *Virginia*, and her 1862 battle with the Union ironclad *Monitor* at Hampton Roads had made her a national sensation. The print reflects a Northern audience's relief at seeing a ship that had briefly threatened the Union blockade go up in flames.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, [1862?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1707 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,114 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174368 |
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