ARTIST: Charles Parsons
PUBLISHER: Published by E. Brown, Jr.
MEDIUM: Two-stone lithograph,
DATE: 1864
EDITION SIZE: Image size 18 11/16 x 30 1/2" (47.6 x 77.8 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Printed by Endicott & Co. New York. Sketched & Lith. by C. Parsons. Signed and dated "C. Parsons, 1862" in the stone. Parson's was one of the best draftsman of marine images in the 19th century. He worked for Endicott & Co. and Currier & Ives. A dramatic image of one of John Ericsson's monitors weathering heavy seas. The Weehawken was commissioned in January 1863 and was an improved and enlarged version of Monitor. A scarce print.
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CONDITION: Good condition, save for two skillfully repaired breaks within the image.
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