The Grand Antique Mall, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, presents a Framed Antique Chromolithograph titled, THE SINKING OF THE MERRIMAC. Printed beneath the title: LIEUTENANT R. P. HOBSON’S HEROIC WORK AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JUNE 3d 1898. Lt. Hobson’s black & white portrait, facing right, in lower left margin, was drawn by Gilbert Stuart; the original is in the Library of Congress. A dramatic view of the sinking of the collier USS Merrimac in Cuba’s Santiago Harbor that was planned by Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870-1937). Carved and gilded ornate frame. Hobson, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, served in the Spanish-American War where he became famous for intentionally sinking the Merrimac in an effort to block the Spanish. He and his 7 crew members were taken prisoner and later released. All 8 were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their bravery in the mission deemed suicidal. NOTE: The life preserver floating in the sea shows the name/monogram of a sinking ship, or the painting’s artist or lithograph’s publisher (view photos 8 & 9). DIMENSIONS: 23”H x 27-1/4”W x 1-1/2”D. Paper=16”H x 20-1/2”W. WT=6.00 lbs. CONDITION: Very Good. No cracks or repairs. Water damage in lower left corner in margin; otherwise, very clean paper. A few tiny pieces of frame’s gilding missing. QUESTIONS? Please send a message and we’ll promptly reply.