Bombardment of Fort Sumter

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

79.1.15

Description

Bombardment of Fort Sumter Painting By William Aiken Walker of One of the Ironclad Attacks on Fort Sumter Early in 1864 As Seen From the Battery Seawall. Citizens in the Foreground, Gunboat Juno in the Foreground.

Collection

Historic Charleston Collection

Acquisition

Accession

79.1.15

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Made/Created

Artist

William Aiken Walker

Date made

1886 - 1886

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Good Condition with Original Stretchers

General Notes

Note

Notes: Approved for Deaccession, Fall 2000 First offered to Middleton Place Foundation then offered to Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Association. Sold to Gibbes Museum of Art for $250,000.00 minus appraised value of four paintings that were then transfered to HCF, Accession 2002.002. User8: 1 Categ 3: Drawing of Fort Sumter

Created By

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Create Date

June 26, 1998

Updated By

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Update Date

February 10, 2023