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Prints: 1862 Currier & Ives Print: "BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND 'NUMBER TEN' IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER," NY

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Prints: 1862 Currier & Ives Print:  BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND 'NUMBER TEN' IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,  NY
1862 Currier & Ives Print: "BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND 'NUMBER TEN' IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER," NY, Choice Very Fine. 8.75" x 12.5" handcolored image, matted to 13.5" x 17.75". Lightly toned paper with a few minor stains. Sharp vivid colors greatly enhance the artistic rendering of a fleet of gunboats firing on an island in the middle of the print. Caption reads, in part: "...By the Gunboat and Mortar fleet, under the command of Flag Officer A.H. Foote. The Bombardment commenced on Saturday afternoon, March 15th 1862, and continued until midnight of April 7th when the whole Island with all its vast munitions of war, fell into the hands of the gallant forces..."