Harper's Ferry, Va.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Phelps & Watson American, 1859 - 1864

PublisherPublished by George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862

After a work byAfter a work by E. Sachse & Co. 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

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "HARPER'S FERRY, VA. / 622."
On verso, in pencil: lower left, "2" [sideways], accession number [upsidedown]; lower right, "Consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 22".

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