Columbia ashore Sullivans Island – Historic Reproduction
![Columbia ashore Sullivans Island, [1863 January 13] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/de/de0b27f4aef2-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 Columbia ashore Sullivans Island in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Columbia ashore Sullivans Island
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A small pencil and watercolor sketch on olive paper shows the steamship Columbia stranded on Sullivan's Island, the barrier island at the mouth of Charleston harbor, in January 1863. By then the Union navy was enforcing a blockade of Charleston, and ships that ran aground near the island's shore were exposed to fire and capture, so a wrecked vessel there was a notable event. The drawing's soldiers and ship together point to the Confederate defenses and the blockade fight around the harbor. The modest size and quick washes suggest a field sketch rather than a finished work.
| Created / published | [1863 January 13] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and watercolor ; 12.3 x 15.9 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Columbia (Steamship)--1860-1870. Ships--1860-1870. Soldiers--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.United States--South Carolina--CharlestonUnited States--South Carolina--Sullivan's Island |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,642 × 3,752 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221417 |
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