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The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland Item Info
- Abstract:
- View through telescope with interesting visual effect.
- Title:
- The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland
- Artist:
- Bonwill, Charles E. H., b. ca. 1836
- Date:
- July 13, 1863
- Transcription:
- Recto: "heavy siege guns commanding the Town // This hill slightly uneven, sloping backwards.";Verso: "The enemy throwing up fortifications, as seen through a telescope from the Signal Station located in the Female Seminary, at Hagerstown, Md., // July 13th, 1863 // [signed] C.E.H. Bonwill // These fortifications command this county for several miles."
- Subjects:
- Funkstown (Md.)--History--19th century Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fortification--Maryland--Funkstown
- Condition:
- Horizontal and vertical folds; rip along top margin; dog ear upper right corner.
- Place:
- Maryland--Washington--Funkstown
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.5 x 10 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 39.6089859, -77.7044370999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-CB-MD-7/13/63a (Box 7.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4688
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-CB-MD-7/13/63a
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Confederate fortifications Fence Topographical study Trees
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2935.html