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Gun Boats on the Mississippi - in the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee Item Info
- Abstract:
- Steamboat portraits.
- Title:
- Gun Boats on the Mississippi - in the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- February 1862
- Transcription:
- Recto: "St. Louis. // Carondelet has white stripes around the chimney. // Flagship Cincinatti. // Essex with steam escaping all round from explosion of boiler only on chimney on the right side. // Conestoga has light stripe on her bow and top of wheelhouses light. // Taylor. // Lexington.";Verso: no text.
- Subjects:
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort Henry, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 Gunboats--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Vertical folds; ripping along bottom margin; loss of paper at lower right corner; irregular paper.
- Place:
- Tennessee--Stewart--Fort Henry Mississippi River
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.5 x 14 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 36.4879737, -87.86968
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-TN-2/62a (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4498
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-TN-2/62a
- Collection:
- Ships
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Gun Boats on the Mississippi - in the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2751.html