Combat naval entre le Kearsarge et l'Alabama (Naval Engagement between the Kearsarge and the Alabama)
Louis Le Breton, French, 1818 - 1866
1864
Hand colored lithograph on wove paper
Sheet: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
PR.965.66.3
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, on stone, lower right: LEBRETON; printed, lower left: "ALABAMA" Capt.n Semmes; center: Lebreton Dessinateur aux Cartes et Plans de la Marine; right: "KEARSARGE" Capt.n Winslow.; center: COMBAT NAVAL ENTRE LE KEARSARGE & L'ALABAMA/Livre le 19 Juin 1864 en vue de Cherbourg.
Provenance
Raymond G. Clifton (1895-1968), Pine Cupboard Antique Shop, Franklin, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1965.
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