Conrad Wise Chapman

Conrad Wise Chapman

C. W. Chapman

His Art

Confederate Ironclads Chicora and Palmetto State in Charleston Harbor by Conrad Wise Chapman

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h55000/h55237.jpg
Photo #: NH 55237
Confederate ironclads Chicora and Palmetto State
Nineteenth-Century photograph of a painting by Conrad Wise Chapman, depicting the ships in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, during the Civil War.
Note the spar torpedo fitted to the ironclad in the right center.
The original painting is in the Confederate Museum, Richmond, Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.