The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland
Title
The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland
Abstract
View through telescope with interesting visual effect.
Date
July 13, 1863
Transcription
Recto: "heavy siege guns commanding the Town // This hill slightly uneven, sloping backwards."
Verso: "The enemy throwing up fortifications, as seen through a telescope from the Signal Station located in the Female Seminary, at Hagerstown, Md., // July 13th, 1863 // [signed] C.E.H. Bonwill // These fortifications command this county for several miles."
Subject
Condition
Horizontal and vertical folds; rip along top margin; dog ear upper right corner.
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
6.5 x 10 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
39.6089859, -77.7044370999999
Source
Original drawing location: CW-CB-MD-7/13/63a (Box 7.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4688
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-CB-MD-7/13/63a
Citation
Bonwill, Charles E. H., b. ca. 1836, “The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2935.