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Fort Hatteras Just Before the Surrender
Theodor Kaufmann (American (born in Germany), 1814–1896)
1861
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.2 x 29.7 cm (8 3/4 x 11 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.858
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0970
DescriptionFort left, Union troops with American flags, right. Drawing was for wood engraving for Harper's Weekly, September 21, 1861, p. 597.
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite above: Prime (something illegible); lower right: Hatteras Thursday 4 O'clock; on verso: Fort Hatteras / 1/2 an hour before the surrender. Our small force under Colonel Weber directly / under the walls. Original Sketch
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955