View up Licking Valley from the Fortifications on Tunnel Hill
Title
View up Licking Valley from the Fortifications on Tunnel Hill
Abstract
Large panorama; "Tree clearing at Tunnell Hill, near Covington" (Frank Leslie's Illustrated, October 4, 1862.
Artist
Date
October 1862?
Transcription
Recto: "From the Fortifications on Tunnel Hill, up the Licking Valley. // All the open spaces are fields, put in good effect of distance. The timber is large and finely grouped, you can make a fine landscape by throwing a soft shadow over the distance at th gap and the middle hills on the left. Foreground on a high hill 200 feet above valley. // Citizens digging rifle pits & felling small trees for abatis. Tuesday. // Fort. Men working. // Independence Pike // C&L R.R. // Foreground small stumps and dry grass."
Verso: No text.
Condition
Dog ear at upper left corner; ripping along fold on right margin.
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
9 x 14 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
38.1592452, -83.8368648
Source
Original drawing location: CW-HL-KY-10?/62 (Box 5.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4516
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-HL-KY-10?/62