ARTIST: Julian Davidson
PUBLISHER: Printed and published by L. Prang & Co. Boston.
MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,
DATE: 1887.
EDITION SIZE: Printed image and sheet size, 15 x 21 1/2" (37.8 x 54.7 cm).
DESCRIPTION: From the first or deluxe edition of Louis Parng's "War Picutres." Prang describes the scene as follows: "Mr. Davidson depicts this famous naval duel, which took place in the English Channel, off France, at the moment when the Alabama has attempted, with sails set, to escape to port. The Kearsarge is throwing herself across her bows for a raking position, when the Confederate flag is run down in a token of surrender. On the Kearsarge's deck is shown the 11-inch pivot gun, which did so much damage to the enemy. It has been run out, loaded, when the order is given to 'cease firing..' The gunner has jumped upon he gun carrage to assure himself of the fact, and is shaking hands with a comrade. The crew, stopping in their work, join in the excitement when learning that they have captured the Alabama, the 'scourge of American commerce'."
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CONDITION: Good condition save for some minor splitting on the outer edge of the mount.
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