Two Illustrations: Fort Sumter Before the First Bombardment and Fort Sumter in Ruins After the Surrender of Charleston

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Fort Sumter: Origsize: 15x11; Origformat: Image from Publicati; Resolution: 100
Fort Sumter

Origsize: 15x11; Origformat: Image from Publicati; Resolution: 100

Name/Title

Two Illustrations: Fort Sumter Before the First Bombardment and Fort Sumter in Ruins After the Surrender of Charleston

Entry/Object ID

2012.001.05

Scope and Content

Illustrated page (engraving) showing Fort Sumter before the first bombardment and Fort Sumter in ruins after the surrender of Charleston. From Harper's Weekly (Supplement, April 22, 1876, page 338). Both illustrations appeared in earlier issues of Harper's Weekly. The top illustration appeared in HW on January 26, 1861, entitled "Fort Sumter, Seen from the Rear, at Low Water, from a Sketch by an Officer of Major Anderson's Command." The bottom illustration was originally entitled "Fort sumter, in Charleston Harbor, from a Recent Sketch by William Waud. (HW issue not indicated.)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Archives

Acquisition

Accession

2012.001.

Source or Donor

New Archives Catalog Records (2012)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Engraving

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1865-1951, Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1876

Archive Size/Extent

1 sheet, 15.5" x 11"

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Published 1876

Location

Location

Container

Oversize Box 1

Shelf

Archives D-7

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.007.13, 2004.020.039, 2004.020.040, 2004.020.041, 2004.020.042, 2009.009.4b, 2010.005.5, 2016.006.35

General Notes

Note

Notes: Removed from FRE files discovered 8/1/2011. See letter, ca. 1960s-70s, Media link. On verso: Article "Two Phases of Life" with illustrations showing that "despite some illustrious examples to the contrary, woman's disposition naturally rebels against drudgery even in professional pursuits."

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Create Date

August 2, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023