(CIVIL WAR NAVY) Watercolor view of the ironclad USS Tuscum

Sale 2533 - Lot 86

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(CIVIL WAR--NAVY.) Watercolor view of the ironclad USS Tuscumbia. Watercolor on paper, 6 x 8 3/4 inches; light mat toning, spot-taped to glass at edges, older mount remnants on verso; inscribed in period hand on verso: "Tuscumbia of the United States Navy, last commander Captain Thomas McFarrell U.S.N. of New York, later Lieut. of Engineers in the 15th N.Y. Volunteers." In double-sided frame. Np, circa 1865

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The USS Tuscumbia was an ironclad gunboat which saw duty on the Mississippi River from March 1863 to February 1865. It played a key role at Vicksburg, notably carrying Admiral Porter and Generals Grant and Sherman on a reconnaissance mission which drew heavy fire. Oddly enough, we can find no record of the Captain Thomas McFarrell mentioned on verso as its commander. The artist is unknown.