"The South View of Fort Mechanic, Charleston, July 4th 1796"

Title:

"The South View of Fort Mechanic, Charleston, July 4th 1796"

Date:

1800

Creator (Personal):

Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860

Description:

Work on paper in ink and watercolor dated 1796. Fort with flag raised in right side of image and houses in left. Ships are visible in background, and soldier is in left foreground. Sketch dated July 4, 1796.

Collection Title:

Charles Fraser's Sketchbook, 1796-1805

Contributing Institution:

Gibbes Museum of Art

Media Type:

Images

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Carolina Art Association
Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860
Smith, Alice R. Huger (Alice Ravenel Huger), 1876-

Topical Subject:

Watercolor painting, Flags, Fortification, Military life, Drawings, Sketchbooks, Landscape painting, and Coast defenses

Geographic Subject:

Charleston (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

1938.036.0013

Date Digital:

2014

Digitization Specifications:

Scanned by the Lyrasis Digitization Project. 600 dpi. Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Information:

For more information, contact Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401

Admin ID:

242771