View from the Bluffs, Columbus, Kentucky

Title

View from the Bluffs, Columbus, Kentucky

Abstract

Wide panorama.

Artist

Date

March 1861

Transcription

Recto: "Do not forget to show the new timber along the low shore with the old timber behind. The new growth works like a canebrake and is very characteristic to the shores of the Mississippi. // View from the northern redoubts, on the Bluff Columbus, Ky. // Looking North towards Cairo (see Sketch No. 1, redoubt above the Waterbatteries). // Stockade guarding pass over ditch. // Belmont Point. // Island No. 3. // End of waterbatteries."
Verso: No text.

Condition

Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at left corners; stain at remaining three.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

6 x 13.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

36.7597791, -89.1033997999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-HL-KY-3/62a (Box 5.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4502

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-HL-KY-3/62a

Collection

Citation

Lovie, Henri, “View from the Bluffs, Columbus, Kentucky,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 15, 2024, https://lutro.bc.edu/items/show/2794.