Munson's Hill: Secession Fort

Title

Munson's Hill: Secession Fort

Abstract

Nice landscape.

Date

September 2 (?), 1861

Transcription

Recto: "Lumley 1861 // Lumley // Munson's Hill // Secession Fort // Fairfax Co. Va.".
Verso: "Frank Leslie Esq // I have just returned from the ? Army (County?) I will write tomorrow // Monday Lumley."

Condition

Vertical and horizontal folds; dog ears at three corners; loss of paper at fourth; rips along folds.

Medium

graphite and grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

12 x 8.25 in.

Genre

Landscape drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

38.8462235999999, -77.3063732999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-AL-VA-9/2/61 (Box 4.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4547

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-AL-VA-9/2/61

Tags

Citation

Lumley, Arthur, ca. 1837-1912, “Munson's Hill: Secession Fort,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2878.