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Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Virginia

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Print shows a battle scene between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimac just offshore, also shows a Union ship sinking and rescue boats being put to sea from shore, as well as a Union artillery bunker, Union soldiers and officers, and some rescued sailors.

26605U U.S. Copyright Office.

Copyrighted 1889 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, U.S.A.

Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., January - April 2012.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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monitor ironclad merrimack frigate hampton roads battle of va naval warfare military personnel union lifesaving chromolithographs color battle monitor hampton roads hampton roads norfolk ironclad civil war american history american civil war artillery prints 19th century us navy popular graphic arts kurz and allison ultra high resolution high resolution us capitol washington dc united states capitol washington dc navy library of congress
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01/01/1889
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Kurz & Allison.
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Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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The Capitol ,  38.88983, -77.00887
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication.

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monitor ironclad merrimack frigate hampton roads battle of va naval warfare military personnel union lifesaving chromolithographs color battle monitor hampton roads hampton roads norfolk ironclad civil war american history american civil war artillery prints 19th century us navy popular graphic arts kurz and allison ultra high resolution high resolution us capitol washington dc united states capitol washington dc navy library of congress