Handed-tinted off-print of originally black and white engraving
Title: Scene on the floating battery in Charleston Harbor during bombardment of Fort Sumter [verso]
From the book: The Soldier In Our Civil War.
Locations: Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina, United
Medium: illustrations (layout features)
Item Location: Fort Sumter NM/Charles Pinckney NHS Curatorial Storage Facility, located at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
Box: Box 2 of 3 Fosu 19th-c Illustrations Frank Leslie Harpers Weekly London Times, Etc.
Held By: Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
Identifiers
Permanent Link: http://purl.clemson.edu/8599D0F7E59ED7E89B93031A3CB52873
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Mike’s notes:
Special handed-tinted off-prints were often sold separately from newspapers and other publications. Numerous originals held today by public institutions and in private collections.
Note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:
– fade correction,
– color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement
– selected spot and/or scratch removal
– cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject