Pen and ink on paper. From The Monitors by Captain John Ericsson in The Century December 1885, at page 287. Stamped "Art Department / The Century / Union Square / New York City" on the verso. A wonderful whimiscal creation: a floating castle with a guillotine on top and paddle wheels and draw bridges at either end. The piece was an amusing counterpoint to Ericsson's informative account of the construction of ironclad ships in the navy. Pen and ink on paper. From The Monitors by Captain John Ericsson in The Century December 1885, at page 287. Stamped "Art Department / The Century / Union Square / New York City" on the verso.

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Title

Floating Circular Citadel, submitted to the French Directory in 1798

Publisher

New York

Publication Date

1885

Condition

Fine

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