The Alabama (290) & the Brilliante DRWG/US - Perkins, no. 1 (A size)...

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

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZC4-11456 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-14103 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:Broadside view of steam frigate in foreground, broadside view of ship on fire in background.

MEDIUM:1 drawing on cream paper : pencil and black ink wash ; 18.8 x 27.1 cm. (sheet).

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[1862 ca. October 18]

CREATOR:

Perkins, Granville, 1830-1895, artist.

NOTES:

Signed lower right of image: G. Perkins.

Title inscribed below image.

Inscribed on mat : Ord. Div. No. 6035.

A Lieutenant George Perkins served in the Union Navy. See: The Coastal War (in the Time-Life Civil War Series), pp. 73-74.

According to the Harper''s story, the captain of the Brilliante certified that this image is an accurate rendering of the Alabama. The certification is dated 18 October 1862, apparently after the Brilliante and its goods were seized.

Signed G. Perkins, probably the artist Granville Perkins.

Published in: Harper''s Weekly, 1 November 1862, p. 689 (cover), as: The Pirate "Alabama," Alias "290," Certified to be Correct y Captain Hagar of the "Brilliant."

Source unknown.

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

SUBJECTS:

Hagar, Captain--Military service.
Alabama (Steamship)--1860-1870.
Brillliante (Ship)--1860-1870.
Ships--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage.
United States

FORMAT:

Drawings American 1860-1870.

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

DIGITAL ID:(color film copy transparency) cph 3g11456
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a16383

CARD #:2004661298

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3g10000-3g11000-3g11400-3g11456


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