Ruins of the Charleston Lighthouse, Morris Island, South Carolina

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Object Details

Artist

J. R. Foster, active 1860s-1870s

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Date

ca. 1863

Object number

1994.91.52

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photography-Photoprint

Medium

albumen silver print

Dimensions

sheet and image: 5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (13.3 x 20.7 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

History\United States\Civil War

Landscape\South Carolina\Charleston

Landscape\South Carolina\Morris Island

Architecture Exterior\ruins

Architecture Exterior\lighthouse

Architecture Exterior\lighthouse\Charleston Lighthouse

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7996f6ad5-efc6-4fd2-acc7-3de0782662af

Record ID

saam_1994.91.52