Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor[sic] – Antique Wall Art
![Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor[sic], 1863 [ca. August 17 - 23 or September 28 - 30] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0e/0e96e056bfce-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic drawing captures Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor[sic] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor[sic]
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Few American fortifications were as battered as Fort Sumter, the brick stronghold guarding the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and this watercolor shows it in the ruined state left by the Union bombardment. Its subjects include a Confederate military standard, a reminder that Confederate forces held the fort after Major Robert Anderson's Union garrison surrendered it in April 1861. During the summer and fall of 1863, Union artillery and naval guns pounded the walls, reducing much of the masonry to rubble while the flag still flew. The drawing is signed by A. Vizitelly and inscribed with the date 1863, making it a rare contemporary view of the fort in that condition.
| Created / published | 1863 [ca. August 17 - 23 or September 28 - 30] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on tan paper : watercolor and Chinese white ; 25.1 x 37 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Signed lower left: A. Vizitelly. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower left: 1863. Formerly listed as DRWG/US - B - Fort Sumter. Dated from historical sources dating the Bambardment of Fort Sumter. Source unknown. |
| Subjects | Forts & fortifications--1860-1870. Military standards--Confederate--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Confederate. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage. Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--1860-1870.United States--South Carolina--Charleston HarborUnited States--South Carolina--Charleston |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,647 × 3,732 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221413 |
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