Washington Square Park

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

a: Washington Square Park, Beauregard Monument

Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

Washington Square Park

Entry/Object ID

2011.015.79a-g

Description

Scans of seven photographs of Washington Square Park. a: East wall of park featuring the Beauregard Monument. View of neighboring Chalmers Street houses in background. b: East wall of park near Broad Street. View of the Daniel Ravenel House (68 Broad Street), 53 Broad Street (Clark Mills Studio), and 55 Broad Street (Marshall Building) in background. c: Iron gate at entrance to Washington Square Park. d-e: East wall of park. f: East wall of park near Broad Street. View of the iron gate, Daniel Ravenel House (68 Broad Street), 53 Broad Street (Clark Mills Studio), and 55 Broad Street (Marshall Building) in background. g: William Pitt statue. View of monument (obelisk) to the Washington Light Infantry in background.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Silver

Collection

HCF Image Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2011.015.

Source or Donor

Meagher, Georgia H.

Acquisition Method

Other

Credit Line

Courtesy of Georgia H. Meagher

Made/Created

Artist

Johnson, George W., 1858-1934

Date made

circa 1920

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

back of photograph (a)

Transcription

Beauregard Monument in Washington Park - March 1920

Location

photo album page (b)

Transcription

Washington Square - An old Rhett House beyond

Location

photo album page (c)

Transcription

Gate to Park - Washington Square

Location

photo album page (f)

Transcription

Gate to park - Washington Square

Location

back of photograph (f)

Transcription

Washington Square - Ravenel House

Location

photo album page (g)

Transcription

Park - Washington Square - Statue of Wm. Pitt

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Gates, Memorials, Ironwork, Monuments, Statues

Search Terms

Washington Square Park (Charleston, S.C.), Parks--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic parks--South Carolina--Charleston, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778--Monuments

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Original print dimensions: a-b: 3.5" x 5.75" c-g: 5" x 4"

Location

Building

Digital File

Date

February 7, 2023

Notes

Original TIFs scanned at 300 dpi at 200%. Location: DVD HiRes020.

Provenance

Notes

Scan of photographs from photo albums purchased by Ms. Meagher on Ebay.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

Notes

The Gibbes Museum has rights to glass plate negatives. Need to determine if permissions are needed.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 18, 2013

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

August 23, 2023