United States Ironclad Chickasaw, anonymous, 1864 - before c. 1874

Identification

Title(s)

United States Ironclad Chickasaw

Object type

photograph

Object number

NG-MC-1322

Inscriptions / marks

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’

Description

Amerikaans pantserschip Chickasaw op een rivier. Het schip bevat twee draaiende geschutkoepels, één commandotoren, een schoorsteen en vier sloepen. Het schip is gebouwd naar het ontwerp van James Buchanan Eads. Handgeschreven opschriften onder foto.

Creation

Artist

photographer: anonymous

Place

United States of America

Dating

1864 - before c. 1874

Material and Technique

Physical features

paper

Material

paper

Technique

photography

Measurements

length 43 cm × width 60.5 cm

Explanatory note

De Milwaukee-klasse 'river monitor' Chickasaw was onder andere betrokken bij de slag bij Mobile Bay, 5 augustus 1864.

Subject

What

When

1850 - 1880

Where

United States of America

Who

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1883

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.368717

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