Bird's-Eye View of Charleston: High Battery

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Birds-Eye View of Lower Battery (1851)

Origsize: 5x7; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

Bird's-Eye View of Charleston: High Battery

Entry/Object ID

EBATTERY.GEN.10

Description

B&W photographic reprint of a portion of the lithograph "Birds-Eye View of Charleston" by John William Hill. Shows the lower right portion of the print featuring the High Battery, Battery Park, houses along East Battery, pedestrian activity, and sailing ships in the harbor. The Missroon House and neighboring structures (some gone now) are at the upper right.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBATTERY.GEN.

Source or Donor

East Battery (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Hill, J. W. (John William), 1812-1879

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sailing ships, Pedestrians, Aerial views, Bird's-eye views, Cityscapes

Search Terms

Streets, AerialViews/Photographs, East Battery, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Missroon House (Charleston, S.C.), Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, Battery Park (Charleston, S.C.), Harbors--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston Harbor (S.C.)

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

Cabinet

Photo File Cabinets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

80.1.4

Related Publications

Notes

See Objects catalog, ID#80.1.4.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

March 17, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

September 24, 2026