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Photo #: KN-10865 (color)

Rear Admiral Richmond P. Hobson, USN (Construction Corps, Retired), (1870-1937)

Oil on canvas, 52" x 40", by Olive Bigelow, dated 1937.
Hobson received the Medal of Honor for his role in the sinking of USS Merrimac on 3 June 1898. He is depicted standing before an artwork of that event.

Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Herbert Pell, 1949.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 51KB; 590 x 765 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-10865

 

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Image posted 15 May 2006