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CHARLES STUART (1831-1898)
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CHARLES STUART (1831-1898)

Civil War Naval Battle: The Monitor and the Merrimack

Closed19 January 2023

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CHARLES STUART (1831-1898)
Civil War Naval Battle: The Monitor and the Merrimack
signed 'Stuart.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1862.

Sloans and Kenyon, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 4-6 November 2005, lot 1272.
Vallejo Gallery, Newport Beach, California.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2006.

Specialist note

The battle between Confederate-built USS Merrimack and the Union's USS Monitor marked the first naval engagement between two ironclad ships, a novelty of the time among mostly wooden vessels. Fighting ensued for several hours on March 9, 1862 near the mouth of the James River, as the Merrimack attempted to break up a Union blockade designed to cut the state of Virginia off from international trade. Neither side claimed a decisive victory in the end.