Title

Bombardment of Fort Sumter

Creator

Currier and Ives

Files

Creator Role

publisher

Description

Reproduction of Currier & Ives: ""Bombardment of Fort Sumter..."" From Portfolio #1 of an 8 portfolio set: ""Currier & Ives...Engravings For The People Of The Civil War."" Color print which depicts Fort Sumter being assaulted with artillery. Fumes and smoke are depicted coming from the structure.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

10 3/4 X 15 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper; engraving (printing process)

Inscription

recto bottom center: "Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor./ 12th & 13th of April, 1861...."

Subjects

Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--Siege, 1861

Work Type

color print--reproduction (derivative object)

Class

prints

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Related Source

Objects 518.1-518.7

ID

518.1

Digital ID

FVW_00518.1

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.