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View of Charleston and Fort Sumter from Rattlesnake Shoal Item Info
- Abstract:
- Large panorama; probably early because of misspelling of "Sumter."
- Title:
- View of Charleston and Fort Sumter from Rattlesnake Shoal
- Artist:
- Crane, W. T.
- Date:
- no date
- Transcription:
- Recto: [ink]"Ft. Sumpter"[sic], // Steamer ashore // Ft. Moultrie // Steeples of Charleston // Rebel Battery firing at the Huron // Beach Inlet // Gun boat 'Huron' // View of Charleston & 'Sumpter'[sic], from Rattlesnake Shoal.";Verso: no text.
- Subjects:
- Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Gunboats--United States
- Condition:
- Vertical, horizontal, and tangent folds; ripping along upper and left margins; smudging at lower left; foxing on right margin.
- Place:
- South Carolina--Charleston--Charleston South Carolina--Charleston--Fort Sumter
- Medium:
- graphite and brown ink on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10.25 x 19.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 32.7764749, -79.9310512
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-WC-SC-NDe (Box 6.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4758
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-WC-SC-NDe
- Collection:
- Ships
- Tags:
- Ship
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "View of Charleston and Fort Sumter from Rattlesnake Shoal", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2796.html