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View of the Northern extremity of Morris Island, South Carolina Item Info
- Abstract:
- Large panorama; related to CW-WC-SC-NDm?.
- Title:
- View of the Northern extremity of Morris Island, South Carolina
- Artist:
- Crane, W. T.
- Date:
- no date
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Charleston // James Island // Rebel observatories // Fort Johnson // New Rebel Battery // Federal works // Fort Sum [sic] // Cummings Pt. // Battery Gregg // Federal works // Battery Wagner // Moultrieville // Battery Bee // Fort Moultrie // Moultrie Houes // Remains of the 'Isaac Smith' // No. 2", No. 2 // Flat marsh // sand hills // sand bluffs // surf // Beach // Very little grass and that long and thin.";Verso: [ink] "View of the Northern Extremity of Morris Island, S.C. looking towards Fort Sumter &c // sketch'd near the lookout on Craig's Hill // [pencil, different hand?] 2 and 2 join."
- Subjects:
- Morris Island (S.C.)--History--19th century South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; two sheets, joined together with two hinges; dog ears lower left and upper right.
- Place:
- South Carolina--Charleston--Morris Island
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet 1, 5 x 10; sheet 2, 5 x 13.25; together 5 x 23.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 32.7124021, -79.8940806
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-WC-SC-NDl (Box 6.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4764
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-WC-SC-NDl
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Beach Figures
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "View of the Northern extremity of Morris Island, South Carolina", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2813.html