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MERRIMACK vs CUMBERLAND, 1862

Catalog no. 0000874

MediumWatercolor on Paper
Size16 Inches x 28 Inches
SignedSigned LR: Monogram
Date1866

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About the artist

As a young man, Alexander Stuart made numerous voyages on sailing vessels before emigrating to America in 1860. He is believed to have attended rugby and served in the British Navy. He is listed as an artist in the New York directories between 1860 and 1863, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Throughout the Civil War he served aboard union vessels, including the light draft monitor U.S.S. Yazoo. Of the many accurate battle scenes he portrayed depicting Civil War engagements, very few come on the market. After being discharged in Philadelphia in 1866, the sailor-artist set up shop along the…

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