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GUN DRILL ON OLD MONITOR "NAHANT". The old monitors such as the historic "Nahant", which helped to win victory for the Federal came during the Civil War, were, for the most part, equipped with old-fashioned muzzle-loading guns, so that the handling of these guns was much more dangerous than under present conditions, when we have breech-loading guns and the gunners are protected inside the gun turrets instead of being exposed in the open.
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U.S. NAVY. Gun Drill on Old Monitor "Nahant."
GUN DRILL ON OLD MONITOR "NAHANT". The old monitors such as the historic "Nahant", which helped to win victory for the Federal came during the Civil War, were, for the most part, equipped with old-fashioned muzzle-loading guns, so that the handling of these guns was much more dangerous than under present conditions, when we have breech-loading guns and the gunners are protected inside the gun turrets instead of being exposed in the open.
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)
American
1906
Medium/Technique
Photo-chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9621
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Printed in Germany
Back: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2326, "U.S. Navy."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2326, "U.S. Navy."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)