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Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his flagship Hartford / Prangs chromo ; after Theodore Kaufman. – Vintage Wall Art

Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his flagship Hartford / Prangs chromo ; after Theodore Kaufman., Boston : Chromo-lithographed and published by L. Prang, c1870, c1871. — antique lithograph
Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his flagship Hartford / Prangs chromo ; after Theodore Kaufman., Boston : Chromo-lithographed and published by L. Prang, c1870, c1871.. Antique lithograph from the Mobile collection.

(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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A window into the past: Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his flagship Hartford / Prangs chromo ; after Theodore Kaufman., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his flagship Hartford / Prangs chromo ; after Theodore Kaufman.

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Farragut is shown lashed to the rigging of his flagship, the *Hartford*, as the squadron steams past the Confederate forts guarding Mobile Bay in August 1864. The rigging detail records a well-known image of the admiral's determination, since he had himself tied to the shrouds to keep his footing and see over the smoke during the fight. Louis Prang produced this color lithograph in Boston around 1870 or 1871, working from a painting by Theodore Kaufman. Prang's chromos were among the first mass-produced American color prints, and this one shows how the publisher used the Civil War naval victory to appeal to a postwar public.

Created / publishedBoston : Chromo-lithographed and published by L. Prang, c1870, c1871.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenreChromolithographs Color 1870.
NotesPrang's American Chromos.""
SubjectsFarragut, David Glasgow,--1801-1870--Military service. Ship equipment & rigging--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,126 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137669

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