Naval Triumph on The Mississippi | 1862 Size:20"x16" The Dutch inflicted significant damage

The Dutch inflicted significant damage on the English fleet

He was one of Britain's earliest marine painters

their families

The raid was part of his Great Expedition to the Spanish New World

but was sighted by a British ship shortly after it entered the Atlantic

Naval Triumph on The Mississippi | 1862 Size:20"x16" The Dutch inflicted significant damageThe Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24, 1862. Published by Currier & Ives, 1862 (coloured lithograph). This dramatic print depicts the Union Navys assault on Confederate forces along the Mississippi River under Flag Officer David Farragut. Fought between 1825 April 1862, the attack led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and ultimately New Orleans. Confederate gunboats, ironclads, fire rafts, and river defences were