Sketch of Fort Sumter

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Sketch of Fort Sumter

Entry/Object ID

79.1.16

Description

Ink sketch of Fort Sumter By William Aiken Walker. Sketch is titled and signed W.A. Walker. East Battery walk drawn in ink as are ships inharbor. Drawn on a light grey cardboard. Frame is plain. Light colored wood. Inscribed at the lower portion, "from a sketch taken in 1864 by W.A. Walker. CS Engineer Corps"

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

79.1.16

Source or Donor

Phillips Art Auctioneers

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Walker, William Aiken

Date made

1864 - 1886

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Drawing

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Name

Sketch

Other Number

Old Number: 73.6.2

Location

Location

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Poor condition with torn pieces reassembled and pasted to an aged darkened board, upper right piece is missing. See photograph.

General Notes

Note

Notes: User8: 1 SUBJECTS & PEOPLE: Cityscape drawings/Civil wars

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 7, 1998

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 10, 2023