Ruins of church at Hampton, Va. / McIlvaine. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Ruins of church at Hampton, Va. / McIlvaine. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ruins of church at Hampton, Va. / McIlvaine.
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Hampton, on the Virginia Peninsula, was set on fire in August 1861 as Confederate troops pulled back, and this 1862 watercolor shows one of the church ruins left behind. Union forces occupied the area soon after, using nearby Fort Monroe as a base. The artist, recorded only as McIlvaine, chose watercolor, a medium well suited to careful, detailed studies of damaged buildings. The drawing comes from the Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress, and it offers a close look at how the war changed ordinary communities.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Watercolors American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Ruins--Virginia--Hampton--1860-1870. Churches--Virginia--Hampton--1860-1870. Hampton (Va.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Virginia--Hampton |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,706 × 3,797 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220253 |
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