Charleston Harbor
Unknown mapmaker
1861
Manuscript map
Pen and ink with watercolor wash
This manuscript map of Charleston Harbor dated 1861 is a hand drawn pen and ink with watercolor wash. The unknown mapmaker chose to decorate his map with flags of the State of South Carolina and of the “Confederation.” Navigation channels, the City of Charleston, Mount Pleasant, James Island, Morris Island with its lighthouse, Sullivan’s Island, Ft. Moultrie, Castle Pinckney, and Ft. Sumter are all carefully figured.
reproduced from The Mapmaker’s Art: The Bishop Collection of Antique Maps from the permanent collection of the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
printed by 803 Labs, Inc.
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