Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, Which Attempted to Run the Blockade Near Newport News
date: label: date made
content: 1861
label: date made
content: 1861, Sept 30
name: label: graphic artist
content: Sherman Publishing Company
label: maker
content: Wemmer, N. J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This image was originally prepared by and printed in the U.S. Civil War era newspaper the "New York Illustrated News" (1859-1864). The image "Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, Which Attempted to Run the Blockade Near Newport News, Sketched on the Spot by Capt. Balling" was published in the September 30, 1862 issue of the paper. Balling's full name was Ole Peter Hansen Balling. He was described as a "correspondent at Camp Butler, Newport News."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.23718.06
label: catalog number
content: GA.23718.06
label: accession number
content: 1973.305359
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Block
label: Object Name
content: block, printing
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
label: Other Terms
content: Block; Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.8 cm x 18.2 cm; 9 3/8 in x 7 3/16 in