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View up Licking Valley from the Fortifications on Tunnel Hill Item Info
- Abstract:
- Large panorama; "Tree clearing at Tunnell Hill, near Covington" (Frank Leslie's Illustrated, October 4, 1862.
- Title:
- View up Licking Valley from the Fortifications on Tunnel Hill
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- October 1862?
- Transcription:
- Recto: "From the Fortifications on Tunnel Hill, up the Licking Valley. // All the open spaces are fields, put in good effect of distance. The timber is large and finely grouped, you can make a fine landscape by throwing a soft shadow over the distance at th gap and the middle hills on the left. Foreground on a high hill 200 feet above valley. // Citizens digging rifle pits & felling small trees for abatis. Tuesday. // Fort. Men working. // Independence Pike // C&L R.R. // Foreground small stumps and dry grass.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- Licking River (Ky.) Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fortification--Kentucky
- Condition:
- Dog ear at upper left corner; ripping along fold on right margin.
- Place:
- Kentucky--Kenton--Tunnel Hill Kentucky--Licking River
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9 x 14 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 38.1592452, -83.8368648
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-KY-10?/62 (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4516
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-KY-10?/62
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Civilians
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "View up Licking Valley from the Fortifications on Tunnel Hill", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2919.html