Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Drawings
A Scene of Hilton Head During the Gale of March 27-31, 1863; verso: sketch of a turtle
Title
A Scene of Hilton Head During the Gale of March 27-31, 1863; verso: sketch of a turtle
Date
1863
Medium
Graphite on paper; brown ink
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 34.3 cm )
Description
Civil War Drawings Collection.
Credit Line
James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number
1945.580.68
Inscriptions
Annotations throughout in graphite; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "A Scene at Hilton Head S.C, / During the Gale of March 27th-31st/63."
Provenance
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
