Title: The Evacuation of Fort Sumter, April 1861
Artist: Attributed to Alma A. Pelot (American, active Charleston, South Carolina, 1850s–1860s)
Artist: Attributed to Jesse H. Bolles (American, active Charleston, South Corlina, 1850s–1860s)
Publisher: Edward Anthony (American, 1818–1888)
Date: April 1861
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions:
Image: 1 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5 × 7.9 cm)
Mount: 3 3/8 in. × 4 3/4 in. (8.5 × 12 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Inscription: Inscribed in black ink on mount CR [sideways] and on album page, CL [sideways]: “Officers quarters at Fort Sumter after the // bombardment and the fire. [illegible] in front // of hospital and magazine”
Metropolitan Museum of Art image
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Mike’s notes:
Note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:
– fade correction,
– color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement
– selected spot and/or scratch removal
– cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject