U.S. Corvettes Cumberland and Sarataga engaging rebel steamer...

CALL NUMBER:DRWG/US - Balling, no. 1 (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-14324 (b&w film copy neg.)

SUMMARY:Cannons being fired from fort in foreground at ships in background.

MEDIUM:1 drawing on brown paper : pencil, Chinese White and black ink wash ; 17.1 x 30.5 cm. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[1861 September 13]

CREATOR:

Balling, Ole Peter Hansen, 1823-1906, artist.

NOTES:

Signed lower left: Captain Balling.

Title inscribed on verso.

Inscribed lower right: Newport News.

Balling served as Captain of the 1st New York Regiment Infantry Volunteers.

Published in: New York Illustrated News, 30 September 1861, p. 337.

Source unknown.

Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file -- 1861.

SUBJECTS:

Cumberland (Ship)--1860-1870.
Saratoga (Ship)--1860-1870.
Jamestown (Ship)--1860-1870.
Blockade running--1860-1870.
Naval warfare--1860-1870.
Forts & fortifications--1860-1870.
Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870.
Soldiers--1860-1870.
Ships--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
United States--Virginia--Newport News

FORMAT:

Drawings American 1860-1870.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a16589

CONTROL #:2004661274

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3a10000-3a16000-3a16500-3a16589


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