The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland

Item Information

Title:
The Enemy Throwing Up Fortifications, As Seen Through a Telescope, Funkstown, Maryland
Description:
View through telescope with interesting visual effect.
Creator:
Bonwill, Charles E. H., approximately 1836-
Date:
July 13, 1863
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Pictorial works--Maryland--Funkstown
History--Pictorial works--1800--1899--Funkstown (Md.)
History--Pictorial works--1861--1865--Maryland
Places:
Maryland > Washington (county) > Funkstown
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4688
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Horizontal and vertical folds; rip along top margin; dog ear upper right corner.
Original drawing location: CW-CB-MD-7/13/63a (Box 7.)
Physical description of original: Graphite on wove paper ; 6.5 x 10 in.
Recto: "heavy siege guns commanding the Town // This hill slightly uneven, sloping backwards."
Verso: "The enemy throwing up fortifications, as seen through a telescope from the Signal Station located in the Female Seminary, at Hagerstown, Md., // July 13th, 1863 // [signed] C.E.H. Bonwill // These fortifications command this county for several miles."
Identifier:
2345/4688
81489124650001021
99137908269601021
Call #:
E468.7