Engagement between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac"
1891 or after
Artist, American, active 1891 or after
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 66.1 x 91.5 cm (26 x 36 in.)
framed: 80 x 105.4 x 5 cm (31 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1953.5.36
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Starrucca, Pennsylvania. Purchased in 1952 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1961
Extended loan for use by the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1961-1973.
1981
Extended loan to Vice President George Bush's office, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1981.
1986
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Jean Gerard, U.S. Embassy residence, Luxembourg, Belgium, 1986-1990.
1993
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia, 1993.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 1993-1994.
1994
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, 1994.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, 1994-1995.
1995
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Boise Art Museum, Idaho, 1995.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, 1995.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995-1996.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida, 1995.
1996
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainseville, 1996-1997.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1996.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, 1996.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1996.
1997
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1997.
1998
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1998.
2001
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Robert Zoellick, Office of the United States Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 2001-2005.
2005
Extended loan for use by Secretary Mike Johanns, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 2005-2008.
2018
Extended loan for use by Secretary Alex M. Azar II, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., 2018-2021.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 114, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 246, repro.
1992
Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 381-382, repro. 382.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 366, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: J.G. TANNER; across bottom: ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC, HAMPTON ROAD
Wikidata ID
Q20190254