Photo #: 80-G-K-17106 (Color) "Iron versus Wood -- Sinking of the Cumberland by the Merrimac. In Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862." Oil painting by Edward Moran (1829-1901), depicting CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) ramming USS Cumberland in the teeth of a broadside from the wooden warship. This painting was presented to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1941 by Paul E. Sutro, of Philadelphia. It was photographed by Taggart in December 1953. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 505 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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8 May 2001