U.S.S. McCulloch firing a shot across the bow of the German cruiser Irene – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. McCulloch firing a shot across the bow of the German cruiser Irene, [1898] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/76/769e1b798791-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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U.S.S. McCulloch firing a shot across the bow of the German cruiser Irene comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. McCulloch firing a shot across the bow of the German cruiser Irene
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A warning shot across the bow of a foreign warship is a dramatic subject, and this picture shows the U.S.S. *McCulloch* firing one at the German cruiser *Irene* in 1898, during the Spanish-American War. The image is a photograph of a painting by marine artist F. Cresson Schell, so the scene reflects his imagined composition rather than an on-the-spot camera record. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its large-scale photographic views and color prints, reproduced the work on an 8 x 10 inch glass negative.
| Created / published | [1898] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives.Paintings Reproductions. |
| Notes | Photograph of painting by F. Cresson Schell. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020619. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Mcculloch (Cutter) Irene (Cruiser) Warships--American. Cruisers (Warships)--German. Naval warfare. Spanish-American War, 1898. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63860 |
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