Probably Thomas Bonar, lithographer (New York, 19th Century) U.S. STEAM FRIGATE ROANOKE, BUILT-1852: Razeed at the Brooklyn Navy Yar...

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Probably Thomas Bonar, lithographer (New York, 19th Century)

U.S. STEAM FRIGATE ROANOKE, BUILT-1852:Razeed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Iron Clad and Equipped with Three Ericsson Turrets at the Novelty Iron Works 1863., c. 1863, identified in inscriptions, with two columns of statistics in the title margin, lithograph on paper, sight size 18 1/4 x 29 in., in a later frame. Condition: Minor toning, acid stains, scattered foxing, not examined out of frame.

Note: During the Civil War the Roanoke was cut down and transformed into a three-turret monitor, and the only ship with three turrets.
Estimate $400-600

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