| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.12 |
| Negative Size: | 8 in. x 10 in. |
| Equipment: | cannon; Dahlgren gun; rope |
| Locations & Lines: | Hampton Roads VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Navy |
| Persons: | Porter (David D.) |
| Transports: | side-wheeler; USS Malvern |
| Sources: | J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress; National Portrait Gallery; Naval History and Heritage Command; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
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File Details: ANLQm, 800 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 43.1 Mb
Image ID: ANLQ
Library of Congress says: Admiral D. D. Porter, on deck of Flagship. (Hampton Roads, Dec. ’64)
Naval History and Heritage Command says: Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, USN, Commander, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. On the main deck of his flagship, USS Malvern, circa late 1864, leaning on a heavy 12-pounder Dahlgren smooth-bore howitzer that is mounted on a slide carriage. Photographed by Alexander Gardner. The original is an albumen silver print. This photograph was used as the basis for an engraving published in Harper’s Weekly, 21 January 1865.
Etched onto negative: 945.
