Gun Boats on the Mississippi - in the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee

Title

Gun Boats on the Mississippi - in the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee

Abstract

Steamboat portraits.

Artist

Lovie, Henri

Date

February 1862

Transcription

Recto: "St. Louis. // Carondelet has white stripes around the chimney. // Flagship Cincinatti. // Essex with steam escaping all round from explosion of boiler only on chimney on the right side. // Conestoga has light stripe on her bow and top of wheelhouses light. // Taylor. // Lexington."
Verso: no text.

Condition

Vertical folds; ripping along bottom margin; loss of paper at lower right corner; irregular paper.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

6.5 x 14 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

36.4879737, -87.86968

Source

Original drawing location: CW-HL-TN-2/62a (Box 5.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4498

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-HL-TN-2/62a

Collection

Ships

Citation

Lovie, Henri, “Gun Boats on the Mississippi - in the Capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2751.