Defenses on Mount Adams, Tennessee

Title

Defenses on Mount Adams, Tennessee

Abstract

Panorama.

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.

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.

Medium

Graphite and some wash on wove paper

Dimensions

6.5 x 9 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870

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

Citation

Schell, Frederic B., “Defenses on Mount Adams, Tennessee,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2677.