Details
Creator Rease, W. H.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Merrick & Sons, builder.
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., builder.
Title U.S. iron clad steamer, New Ironsides. [graphic] : Machinery & armour by Merrick & Sons. Hull by Cramp & Sons. Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lith. & printed by W.H. Rease, N.E. cor. 4th & Chestnut St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [ca. 1862]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted and hand-colored; 52 x 63 cm. (20.5 x 24.5 in.)
Description View of the Civil War armored vessel, with full sailing rig, out at sea. Also includes the names and titles of the "Officers of the U.S.S. Frigate 'New Ironsides'" and figures for the dimensions, weight, horse power, and armament of the ship below the image. Ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1862 and built by Philadelphia machinists Merrick & Sons and shipbuilders Cramp & Sons. Ship destroyed by fire on December 16, 1866.
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 257
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views.
Subject United States. Navy -- Transportation.
New Ironsides (Ironclad)
Armored vessels -- United States.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation.
Genre Lithographs -- Color -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Merrick & Sons, builder.
Associated name William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., builder.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Transportation [5779.F.61]
Accession number 5779.F.61