Object data
paper
length 43 cm × width 60.5 cm
anonymous
Photograph of a United States Ironclad
United States of America, 1864 - before c. 1874
Inscriptions
- inscription, bottom left: 1300 Tons / 6 feet Draught
- inscription, bottom centre: United States Iron-Clad / Chikasaw.
- inscription, bottom right: Designed and constructed / by James B. Eads
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1322
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Framed black-and-white photograph of the ironclad Chikasaw in a river.
The photograph shows the ironclad armed with two gun turrets. It has a conning tower, one funnel and four boats.
The American ironclad Chickasaw was designed by James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887). The Milwaukee class river monitor took part in the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864, during the American Civil War (1861-65)
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1322
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Photograph of a United States Ironclad, United States of America, 1864 - before c. 1874', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.368717
(accessed 1 May 2024 01:25:14).