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Harper's Ferry, Va.
Harper's Ferry, Va.

Harper's Ferry, Va.

Printer (American, 1840 - 1867)
Publisher (American, 1840 - 1867)
Publisher (American, 1859 - 1864)
Publisher (American, 1820 - 1862)
After a work by (American, 1850 - 1877)
Date1857-1865
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 13 1/2in. (22.2 x 34.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/16 x 14 15/16in. (28.1 x 37.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
DescriptionView of a small city located on the side of a hill overlooking the confluence of two rivers. A wooden covered bridge on stone piers spans the river in the foreground. Steam issues from the smokestack of a locomotive drawing a series of open cars, apparently loaded with coal, across the bridge in the left foreground. A second bridge spans the river in the left background. Many small rocky islands are in the river. Several people watch two horses draw a barge along a canal in the right foreground. A lock and several small buildings are at the far right. Buildings in the town include what appears to be a factory with a smokestack and a large Gothic revival church.
Object number1956.83.6
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