Fort Hatteras Just Before the Surrender

Theodor Kaufmann (American (born in Germany), 1814–1896)

1861

Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on paper

DimensionsSheet: 22.2 x 29.7 cm (8 3/4 x 11 11/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession number55.858

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InscriptionsInscribed in graphite above: Prime (something illegible); lower right: Hatteras Thursday 4 O'clock; on verso: Fort Hatteras / 1/2 an hour before the surrender. Our small force under Colonel Weber directly / under the walls. Original Sketch

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955