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Defenses on Mount Adams, Tennessee Item Info
- Abstract:
- Panorama.
- Title:
- Defenses on Mount Adams, Tennessee
- Artist:
- Schell, Frederic B.
- Date:
- No date
- Transcription:
- Recto: No text.;Verso: "Defense on Mt. Adams or the 'Observatory Hill' and 'Butcher's Hill' which battery is a quarter of a mile to the left and mounts two 32-pounders, from the church above the battery, (on one of the highest points above the city) we have a beautiful view of Fulton & Jamestown the latter on the Kentucky shore." Sketch of a fat man lying down, mouth open.
- Subjects:
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fulton (Tenn.) Jamestown (Ky.)
- Condition:
- Horizontal and irregular folds; once part of a larger sheet, possibly, for left side shows signs of adhesive; paper partially missing from this area on left margin; dog ears at right corners; rip along right margin; general scruffiness; stray blue mark.
- Place:
- Tennessee--Lauderdale--Fulton Kentucky--Russell county--Jamestown
- Medium:
- Graphite and some wash on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.5 x 9 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 35.6121709, -89.880554
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-FBS-TN-ND (Box 7.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4779
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-FBS-TN-ND
- Collection:
- Architecture and Townscapes
- Tags:
- River scene Townscape
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Defenses on Mount Adams, Tennessee", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2677.html