Hart Island
Title
Hart Island
Abstract
Composite sketches on verso; sketches gridded on recto & verso.
Artist
Date
August 8, 1864
Transcription
Recto: "officers and conscripts Qrs. // commissary Bldgs // Doctors office // Hospital // [illegible] // Hart Island // August 8th 1864 // to be higer [sic] // level with officers Qrs // a mistake."
Verso: "Harts Isld // The Wharf // soldiers, working in the foreground // arrival of conscripts and volunteers // colored troops camp // Hart Island."
Subject
Condition
Top left corner fold; bottom corner folds.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
10.0 x 6.5 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
40.8447819, -73.8648268
Source
Original drawing location: CW-UK-NY-8-8-64 (Box 10).
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4995
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-UK-NY-8-8-64