United States Ironclad Chickasaw

anonymous, 1864 - before c. 1874

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.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberNG-MC-1322
  • Dimensionslength 43 cm x width 60.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicspaper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    United States Ironclad Chickasaw

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1322

  • 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.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, bottom left: ‘1300 Tons / 6 feet Draught’
    • inscription, bottom right: ‘Designed and constructed / by James B. Eads’
    • inscription, bottom centre: ‘United States Iron-Clad / Chikasaw.’

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Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: anonymous, United States of America

  • Dating

    1864 - before c. 1874

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    paper

  • Dimensions

    length 43 cm x 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.

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  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1850 - 1880

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

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anonymous

Photograph of a United States Ironclad

United States of America, 1864 - before c. 1874

Inscriptions

  • 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

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1322

Entry

Framed black-and-white photograph of the ironclad Chikasaw in a river.

The photograph shows the ironclad armed with two gun turrets. It has a conning tower, one funnel and four boats.

The American ironclad Chickasaw was designed by James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887). The Milwaukee class river monitor took part in the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864, during the American Civil War (1861-65)

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1322

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Photograph of a United States Ironclad, United States of America, 1864 - before c. 1874', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200419742

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