Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, VA

Title

Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, VA

Abstract

Artist

Date

No date

Transcription

Recto: "shops // Hotel kept by one of the Willards // Anderson lived here last summer that is this was his house // Commander's House // Old Point Comfort // Fort Monroe // Dock // lighthouse // Bell Tower // a bell is kept tolling by machinery during foggy weather // Big Floyd // Adeline."
Verso: No text.

Condition

Worn around corners; tears on left edge; folded bottom right and left corner; vertical fold marks; some stains.

Medium

graphite on paper

Dimensions

15.5 x 5.75 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.0004248, -76.3113315

Source

Original drawing location: CW-UK-VA-ND-9 (Box 10).

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4965

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-UK-VA-ND-9

Collection

Citation

“Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, VA,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 15, 2024, https://lutro.bc.edu/items/show/2757.