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The first gun at Fort Sumter

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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American History -- 1861

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The first gun at Fort Sumter

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Title
The first gun at Fort Sumter
Names
Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933 (Artist)
Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895 (Engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1861

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1881
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1861
Topics
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- 1861
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861
Campaigns & battles -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Cannons -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Soldiers -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 1861
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Written on border: "V4"
Source note: Popular history of the United States, from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen to the end of the Civil War. (New York : Scribner, c1876-1881) Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), Author.
Physical Description
Steel engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 15 x 19 cm. (5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17168674
Barcode: 33333159321013
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f19dd3d0-c531-012f-c378-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1855: Creator Born
  • 1881: Issued
  • 1933: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The first gun at Fort Sumter" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f8f5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The first gun at Fort Sumter" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f8f5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1881). The first gun at Fort Sumter Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f8f5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The first gun at Fort Sumter