Charleston, S.C. and Its Vicinity – Historic Print
(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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A window into the past: Charleston, S.C. and Its Vicinity, preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Charleston, S.C. and Its Vicinity
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Shown from a high vantage point, this steel engraving by W. Ridgway after a drawing by J. Wells maps Charleston and its surrounding harbor. It appeared in the first volume of *The War with the South* in 1862, opposite page 58. Charleston was where secession began and where the Civil War opened when Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, so readers following the conflict would have found a view of its waterfront especially meaningful. The record's attribution of the book's author is uncertain, but the engraving reads as a wartime illustration meant to help readers picture the city's geography.
| Medium | 1 print : steel engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1862 |
| Subjects | Steel engraving by W. Ridgway, after drawing by J. Wells. Illus. in: Robert Times(?), The War with the South, 1862, vol. 1, opp. p. 58. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI--WORKS; Artists, Publ. Index; SC--C-; Bird's-eye views; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,235 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133422 |
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