One of the Mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the Crows Nest Battery


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Title

One of the Mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the Crows Nest Battery

Abstract


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Artist

Date

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Transcription

Recto: No text.
Verso: "One of the mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the 'Crows Nest' Battery. // Commanding the Canal being Cut at Dutch Gap By Major Ludlow of Butler's Staff // [signed] Edw. F. Mullen // The Mortar is an Iron [illegible] painted Black."

Condition

Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at three corners; dog ear at upper left; stain at lower left margin.

Medium

Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper

Dimensions

9 x 9.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.359871, -77.4152606

Source

Original drawing location: CW-EM-VA-NDa (Box 7.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4752

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-EM-VA-NDa

Tags

Citation

Mullen, E. F., “One of the Mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the Crows Nest Battery,” The Becker Collection, accessed October 1, 2026, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2820.