The Sea Face of Fort Sumpter [sic], Charleston Harbor, South Carolina...

Artist George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)

Date1865

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/16 × 5 3/4 inches (7.78 × 14.61 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 7 inches (8.41 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3654

SignedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York.”; On mount verso, bottom, green label, in black type: "PUBLISHED BY E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., / AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STEREOSCOPIC EMPORIUM, 501 BROADWAY, NEW YORK".

InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: “PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY”; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: “THE WAR FOR THE UNION.”; On mount verso, center, green label, in black type: "WAR VIEWS. / For sea face of Fort Sumptuer, Charleston Harbor, S.C. looking towards Morris / Island, showing the debris, shot and shell."; On mount verso, center, green label, in black type with blue pen and pencil: "No. 3049 / Copyright Secured. 3049".

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, green label, in black pen: "WAR"; On mount verso, right edge, green label, in black pen: "-181-".

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DescriptionImage of two men seated at the base of a steep hill among large rocks and battle debris. The man on the left leans against a cannon.

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