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Drawing, A Casemate Gun During the Conflagration

This is a Drawing. It was created by Theodore Russell Davis. It is dated 1887 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Willis M. Rose. It is credited Gift of Willis M. Rose.

Its dimensions are

17.5 × 12.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in ink, lower right: "Theo. R. Davis"

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, lower left, in margin of drawing: "The casemates during the confligration [sic] April 13th '61"; in graphite, lower right, on carboard mount: "Sketch made on the spot."

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Casemate Gun During the Conflagration; Theodore Russell Davis (American, 1840 - 1894); USA; watercolor on paper; 17.5 × 12.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Gift of Willis M. Rose; 1947-87-21

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